Photo Sybille Sciamma
Sam Jinks, Woman and Child, 2010. Collection de l’artiste
Exposition HYPERREALISME, Ceci n’est pas un corps, Musée Maillol, Paris, 2023
This hyperrealistic piece of art
felt to the contrary very surreal
The old woman’s body
seemed to float in space
her feet covered
by her long white gown
Looking fragile
in her under-sized scale
she holds the baby tenderly
against her chest
Her head bent
seized by the sacredness
of this new life
she is forever still
The eternal grandmother
the know-it-all Old Woman
in her duo with the child
embodying the cycle of life*
*Inspired by Clarissa Pinkola Estès, Women Who Run With the Wolves
Photo Catherine Baudelot
