Anne Berg
Green Goddess, 1990
Oil on canvas
123 x 76 cm
48 3/8 x 29 7/8 in.
48 3/8 x 29 7/8 in.
Unique
Courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington
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Painted in 1990 at the end of a fruitful decade, Berg saw this work as her “farewell to the Mother Goddess”. The painting shows a powerful goddess figure rising from...
Painted in 1990 at the end of a fruitful decade, Berg saw this work as her “farewell to the Mother Goddess”. The painting shows a powerful goddess figure rising from cloud or treetops, clasping a writhing snake in each hand. Making use of the complex symbol of the snake, the work slides fluidly between different goddess cultures, with the yellow semi-circle behind the woman’s head reading simultaneously as hair, headdress, and halo.
