About
Sasha Katz is a visual artist living and working in Athens and Paris. Her work challenges and redefines conventional beauty standards, celebrating profound admiration for women.
Works
Les Baigneuses #1
SASHA KATZ
Influenced by the diverse interpretations of the subject of « bathers" throughout art history, the series follows the tradition of portraying bathers through the mystical lens of Slavic mythology, particularly focusing on the concept of "mavkas". In Slavic folklore, mavkas are the spirits of drowned women who are believed to entice the living men into the water, where they tickle them to death. Death, in this context, serves as a cleansing force, washing away shame and allowing the spirits of the drowned to transcend into a realm between the living and the dead.
Artwork presented at "The Poetics of Water", an exhibition organized in collaboration with DANAE, Paris, 2024.
Les Baigneuses #2
SASHA KATZ
Influenced by the diverse interpretations of the subject of "bathers" throughout art history, the series follows the tradition of portraying bathers through the mystical lens of Slavic mythology, particularly focusing on the concept of "mavkas". In Slavic folklore, mavkas are the spirits of drowned women who are believed to entice the living men into the water, where they tickle them to death. Death, in this context, serves as a cleansing force, washing away shame and allowing the spirits of the drowned to transcend into a realm between the living and the dead.
Artwork presented at "The Poetics of Water", an exhibition organized in collaboration with DANAE, Paris, 2024.
Les Baigneuses #3
SASHA KATZ
Influenced by the diverse interpretations of the subject of « bathers" throughout art history, the series follows the tradition of portraying bathers through the mystical lens of Slavic mythology, particularly focusing on the concept of "mavkas". In Slavic folklore, mavkas are the spirits of drowned women who are believed to entice the living men into the water, where they tickle them to death. Death, in this context, serves as a cleansing force, washing away shame and allowing the spirits of the drowned to transcend into a realm between the living and the dead.
Artwork presented at "The Poetics of Water", an exhibition organized in collaboration with DANAE, Paris, 2024.