Box Bouguereau sold out allowing the famous Hellenistic sculpture

allowing the famous Hellenistic sculpture to be admired

painted with astonishing realism

Accanto a Superman c’è un bambino visibilmente deluso

The composition deliberately recalls a circus poster

where mass culture invades every space and the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred

Box Bouguereau sold out allowing the famous Hellenistic sculptureThe iconographic reference of the work is Head of a Young Girl (1898) by William Adolphe Bouguereau (18251905), one of the greatest exponents of nineteenth century French academicism. This oil on jute canvas enlarges the face in Bouguereau's painting, reproduced with impeccable technical skill. However, the truly central aspect of the work lies not so much in the girl's face as in the packaging surrounding it, conceived as the wrapping of a supposed