Partenope
Description
Edition of 25
The drawings, photographs, films and installations of Janaina Tschäpe portray the trance-like sensation of being in a dream world. Since 1997, Tschäpe has employed the female body as her muse.
Born in Munich, Germany in 1973, and raised in São Paolo, Brazil. She studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg before moving to New York and completing her MFA at the School of Visual Arts.
Project Associated With This Work:
PARTENOPE, INAIE, UNDINE, VOLVA, NAIAD 1, LAMBIS
2004 video installation Blood, Sea (USFCAM)
Tschäpe worked with the professional mermaids at the Florida attraction Weeki Wachee Springs. The mermaids performed while wearing underwater sculptural costumes.
Studio Visit:
https://youtu.be/ZOYiBAGQzIY?si=GaMUdClvw2bWzRNd
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CN7jj19kB0ITry it!
