Dancing scene in front of mountain (from the "The last days of Pompeii" series)
Clare DAVIES: artist
The artist imagines what activities the inhabitants of the Roman city of Pompeii, present-day Naples, took part in, days before and completely unaware that the volcano they were living next to, Vesuvius, was going to bury them alive. Using accounts of ordinary life from around that time, as well as, sometimes, mythologised stories of ritual and debauchery, the artist creates fantasy scenes showing a glimmer of oblivious happiness—if only they turned to stone like this.
Title
Dancing scene in front of mountain (from the "The last days of Pompeii" series)
Artist/Maker and role
Clare DAVIES: artist
Date
2008
Medium
watercolour and gouache
Measurements
56.5 x 76.0 cm
Credit line
Purchased 2011
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2011/0089