"The Three Graces 2022" is the 1|1 NFT Edition of the original painting made by Pascal Boyart.
This animation loop of 1 min was made by the artist from the physical work, an acrylic painting on linen canvas (Dimensions: 2 x 2,20 m), painted by Pboy back in April 2022.
The original work was exhibited during 7 months at the Urban Art Biennale in Völklinger Hütte (listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage), in Germany.
The Three Graces are known as the Charities in Greek mythology, equated with the Graces by the Romans: goddesses of charm, beauty and creativity. Inseparable from each other, they personify life in all its fullness, and more specifically seduction, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility.
The worship dedicated to these deities, considered to be benevolent and lovable, was remarkable over time. They have inspired several subjects of art represented in dozens of paintings or sculptures but also in music and architecture... Among the most famous artists we can note: Botticelli, Cranach L'ancien, Rubens, Raphaël or Picasso .
Through this emblematic painting, I present a current and modern version of the Three Graces. Here, the bodies are completely naked and the objects initially held in their hands (roses, dice, branch of myrtle, apples, etc.) are replaced by surgical masks which have become compulsory during the Covid 19 crisis. Particular work has been done on the color of the skins and the gestures dominating the posture of the body. A gesture which, by an elegant and simple movement of the arm, frees itself from a whole unique system of thought in order to escape from it.
