‘Lotus Mantideus’ by Petra Frankova

Artist: Petra Frankova
Title: ‘Lotus Mantideus’
Medium: Graphite pencil on toned 250gsm Stonehenge paper
Dimensions: 14″ x 11″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022

NOTE: This piece was available to purchase as part of our ‘Fiends of the Dark III’ show, which ran between 1st – 22nd April 2022. If you would like to inquire about its current availability, please email sales@wowxwow.com and we will be delighted to assist.

Description

‘Lotus Mantideus’ by Petra Frankova

Artist: Petra Frankova
Title: ‘Lotus Mantideus’
Medium: Graphite pencil on toned 250gsm Stonehenge paper
Dimensions: 14″ x 11″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022

About the Artwork:

“The holy man treaded lightly on the dirty surface of the lake, and one after another, water lilies grew from his footprints, eternally sacrilegious in the mud. The brutal victors of the nutrient war were rising from the puddle that used to be in the centre of the temple of all holy words and was then a pool of purity. They smothered their rivals, the water roots sucked the small unassuming fish out of air, and the flowers turned hungrily after the bulrush. They came out behind their creator, spilling dirt, flooding the shore. The holy man turned and smiled at the flowers he had given life to. So pure, so innocent…”

This artwork is accompanied by a short story. The full text can be found here: https://frankfolium.com/lotus

About the Artist:

(Artist Bio)

“Symbolically unethical!”
– Johannes Georg Riessler

Petra is a traditional printmaker and illustrator from Czech republic. Her story is one hidden in eternity, ready to tear open the cocoon of waiting and spread its still wet wings. For everything within this universe is positioned in almost tyrannical, symbolist harmony. The meticulous attention to detail combined with the unnamed feeling behind words, senses and meaning. Quiet, unmoving, perpetual gazing upon something charmingly familiar, yet strangely and deeply foreign. This is her poetry of monochrome – alien, ambiguous, disconnected from our expectations and challenging ordinary perception. Creatures humming silently, in their shattered words of dread and eeriness.