0467NOTGodsGoddesses_CeramiZiche

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Ovid Met. 10.1-85
Apollodorus Libr. 1.3.2

Patricia Watwood, "Pandora"

Watwood herself: "I felt 'Pandora' was successful and interesting because of how I was able to create a mythological subject and also incorporate contemporary issues, with specifically contemporary visual references and setting. The world around Pandora, while dystopian, is evocative of what I see outside my studio window, a specific 'here and now' world that is also very personal to me. Pulling in September 11, and other contemporary issues like environmentalism, makes the subject personally related to current events." Quoted by Mattie Cox, Feb 2016 paper

Watwood, Pandora

Matalyn Cox: "Through her painting, 'Pandora' the artist expresses how the various evils of the box can be seen in her daily life, and the delicacy of hope amidst such darkness."

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