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Sneaky Snakes
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Stories are very effective means of seduction, and stories allegedly about seduction even more so than others. I will look at three sets of artworks that use allusion to bring in biblical stories and, in the process, change these. Paradoxically, the frequent presence of biblical stories in culture at large also makes them handy tools to subvert their own baggage of misinterpretation. My analysis of three visual artworks is based on what I call a ‘politics of allusion’. An allusion is not a metaphor; instead of replacing one thing with another, an allusion enfolds the alluded into what we see. Allusions operate not on an ‘either/or’ structure but on a ‘both … and’ or ‘as well as’ inclusive model. I will argue that the traditional interpretations of biblical stories can be subverted by the search for allusions.
Title: Sneaky Snakes
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Stories are very effective means of seduction, and stories allegedly about seduction even more so than others.
I will look at three sets of artworks that use allusion to bring in biblical stories and, in the process, change these.
Paradoxically, the frequent presence of biblical stories in culture at large also makes them handy tools to subvert their own baggage of misinterpretation.
My analysis of three visual artworks is based on what I call a ‘politics of allusion’.
An allusion is not a metaphor; instead of replacing one thing with another, an allusion enfolds the alluded into what we see.
Allusions operate not on an ‘either/or’ structure but on a ‘both … and’ or ‘as well as’ inclusive model.
I will argue that the traditional interpretations of biblical stories can be subverted by the search for allusions.
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