Venus & Mars from Gen Y

This painting based on the famous Sandro Botticelli's painting Venus and Mars was a wedding gift for a young 'Gen Y' couple. A cut-out from a deteriorated facade or a pavement with everpresent cracks, fisures, pollution, traffic signs, and graffitis - that's how I remember the streets of Bratislava of the late nineties. At that moment in time, our lives lacked any signs of protest; everything seemed shiny, pink, and absolutely fine - that's how it was when we first kissed - lost and naive outsiders in a corner of a dirty street.

'Viva la Dolce Vita!' although, let's not forget the ruined walls of our streets where we came from...

Artwork and photographs by Pavel Hache, 2014. Made of acrylic, sand, and spray paint on fibreboard supported by steel frame.