Mythologies were created to help us cope with the unknown. Over time, we have solved most of the mysteries, but our reverence for the gods we created has remained.
In Leila Boveiri’s paintings, these ancient female figures take on new forms: they become poppies, figs, and garlic. Fruit shapes and female bodies merge through a sensitive yet confident formal language.
Just as Lysippos surpassed Polykleitos’ rules of human representation in ancient Greek sculpture, Leila Boveiri also makes a powerful statement about the ideal figure. With its spherical volume, it is the smallest spatial shape with the smallest surface area, and at the same time the starting point for a new kind of beauty and perfection.
Serendipity is not only an unexpected realization, but also the birth of a new, personal canon.