Body Politic – Venus Obsequens
$4,600.00
Artist: Paul Rutz
Oil on carved plywood: 48” x 24” x 1”
“In one way, this piece depicts a muted shell: no hands, no face, no voice, she’s a torso refracted out of coherence. In another way, this is a portrait of the goddess wiggling out of her clothes. Regardless, obsequious Venus, compliant.”