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Lupa Capitolina, 2011
Digital print
Lupa Capitolina is a suite of images by Faith La Rocque and Jaimie Henthorn in collaboration with Marion Preez. Drawing on the Roman foundation-myth, this artwork was created specifically for the annual Minokamo Woodland Gallery, an outdoor exhibition in the Minokamo Culture Forest, Japan.
Lending historical weight to an image with multiple contemporary cues creates a point of tension, legitimizing a scene that could otherwise be bizarre or even disturbing. In opposition to the sexualized she-wolves of popular culture, Lupa Capitolina represents a legendary moment of Nature; highlighting the maternal instinct that promulgated a civilization.