Euripides and the Beautiful Boy: Moyra Davey at documenta 14 – Part 1

14th April 2017documenta 14, Euripides, Minus Plato Today, Moyra Daveydocumenta 14, Euripides, Moyra DaveyMinus Plato

Euripides, the beautiful boy in the HSBC T-Shirt – Q(uinn) L(atimer) to M(oyra) D(avey) The Athenian cult of beauty had a supreme theme: the beautiful boy. Euripides, the first decadent artist, substitutes a bloody moon for the golden Apollonian sun. Medea is Athens’ worst nightmare about women. She is nature’s revenge, Euripides’ dark answer to […]

Rocket from the Tombs: Moyra Davey’s Walking with Nandita

24th January 2017documenta 14, Greek Temples, Minus Plato Today, Moyra Daveydocumenta 14, Greek Temples, Moyra Davey, South as a State of MindMinus Plato

The third issue of South as a State of Mind, which has been temporarily transformed into the publication for Documenta 14 and its focus on ‘Learning from Athens’, is devoted to the theme of ‘Hunger and Language’. Artist Moyra Davey begins her contribution to this issue (‘Walking with Nandita’) with her musing on which theme […]