VENUS VS SEBASTIAN (2010, 2012) - Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey

VENUS VS SEBASTIAN (2010, 2012)

The battle of the two great nude archetypes: gay vs. straight, male vs. female, Christian vs. pagan, masochist vs. sadist.

Venus vs. St. Sebastian, Ellen Harvey, 2012. Oil on two framed wood panels, 11 x 13” (28 x 33 cm) each. Photograph: Etienne Frossard.

Venus vs. St. Sebastian, Ellen Harvey, 2010. Two framed watercolors on paper, 20 x 16” (51 x 41 cm) each. Photograph: Etienne Frossard.