Vorpal Gallery — J. JOHN PRIOLA

Environments

VORPAL GALLERY 1988. Inspired by Carl Jung's writing on the anima and animus, this installation of complex multi-layered images relate the psyche, confronting sexual identity, gender, and religion. Description of Installation: Fifteen large-scale, single-surface, hand-colored, framed gelatin-silver prints hung on upholstered salon-style red satin walls, with sound; pungent and sweet smell.

Installation views

Ariadne, Bacchus and Venus (after Tintoretto)

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 49 x 48 inches, 1987

Fly

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 46 x 90 inches, 1988

Man/Woman

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 48 x 48 inches, 1987

The Rape of the Sabine Women (after Ruebens)

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 48 x 48 inches, 1987

Saint

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 44 x 50 inches, 1988

Castle

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 48 x 48 inches, 1988

Heaven/Hell

Single-surface, hand-colored, gelatin-silver print, framed, 93 x 44 inches 1988