{"title":"Views of Venus","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViews of Venus\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ereimagines classical goddesses and art-historical figures as intimate, contemporary presences—strong, vulnerable, and seen at a personal rather than monumental scale. Drawing from historical marble sculptures, each work embodies a quality that, in response to the present moment, I wish to see more of in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWinter 2026 collection (The Other Art Fair LA, exclusive)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"urania","title":"Urania","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne-of-one oil ink monotype with compositional gold leaf details on \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLegion Stonehenge 250 gsm paper, mounted to a gilded wood cradle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrania, the Greek Muse of astronomy and astrology, embodies humanity’s impulse to look upward and search for order in the unknown. Long associated with both scientific inquiry and metaphysical thought, Urania represents the quiet intersection of observation, imagination, and belief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by Giovanni Dupré’s 1867 marble sculpture in Pisa’s Monumental Cemetery, this depiction favors stillness over spectacle, inviting a moment of reflection rather than awe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt feels like the world could use a bit of higher reason and belief at the moment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12\" x 16\" unframed (compositional gold-leaf wooden cradle). Ready to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stavisky Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877226692822,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0358\/3190\/files\/UraniaUnframed.png?v=1771979533"},{"product_id":"i-was-cleopatra","title":"I Was Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne-of-one oil ink monotype on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLegion Stonehenge 250 gsm paper, mounted to a compositional gold leaf-gilded wood cradle. 11\" x 15\" unframed (compositional gold-leaf wooden cradle). Ready to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eI Was Cleopatra\u003c\/strong\u003e looks to the historical Cleopatra VII: a polyglot, a strategist, and an active political actor navigating the collapse of her world. Her legacy reaches us filtered through Roman propaganda and later Western literature, recast as exotic, erotic, and excessive—remembered more for spectacle than for governance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title draws from Cleopatra by The Lumineers, whose lyrics describe a woman once desired and performing a role, now recalling who she was from a distance. That sense of being misremembered or reduced echoes Cleopatra’s own passage into history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModeled after Henri Joseph dit Daniel Ducommun’s marble Cleopâtre, this work holds softness and intellect in balance: a relaxed nude repose paired with quiet symbols of knowledge and strategy—a guiding star and a shield-like seat—suggesting a mind at work even in stillness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eI was Cleopatra, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was taller than the rafters \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBut that's all in the past now, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egone with the wind\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Stavisky Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877245272278,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0358\/3190\/files\/I_Was_Cleopatra.png?v=1772072488"},{"product_id":"urania-revisited-we-contain-cosmos","title":"Urania, Revisited (We Contain Cosmos)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"634\"\u003eOne-of-one oil ink monotype with silver leaf details on Legion Stonehenge 250 gsm paper, mounted to a silver-gilded wood cradle (exposed deckled edges).\u003cstrong data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"232\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e21-1\/2\" x 14-5\/8\" unframed (silver leaf-gilded wooden cradle). Ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"634\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"232\"\u003eUrania, Revisited (We Contain Cosmos)\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to the Greek Muse of astronomy, long associated with humanity’s impulse to look upward and search for order in the unknown. Modeled after a different angle of Giovanni Dupré’s \u003cem data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"425\"\u003eUrania\u003c\/em\u003e marble, this version turns the focus inward. The body reclines in quiet stillness, its surface traced with circular markings that echo planetary motion, while silver leaf stars scatter across a darkened sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003eWhere the earlier \u003cem data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"662\"\u003eUrania\u003c\/em\u003e leaned toward the lofty and celestial, this work shifts its attention toward knowledge held closer to earth—worldly study, accumulated thought, the kind contained in books as much as in constellations. Rather than placing the cosmos at a distance, it suggests that the same patterns that map the heavens are inscribed within us, and that inward knowledge deserves as much trust as distant stars. \u003cem data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1077\"\u003eWe contain cosmos.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stavisky Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877318607062,"sku":null,"price":1300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0358\/3190\/files\/Urania_Revisited_Full.png?v=1772070522"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0358\/3190\/collections\/Zoom_0a01c6a7-585b-450c-932e-8fc99a54bd38.jpg?v=1772073327","url":"https:\/\/staviskystudio.com\/collections\/views-of-venus.oembed","provider":"Stavisky Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}