Tag: David Lomas

This book is published on the occas=sion of the exhibition ‚Narcissus Reflected’, curated by David Lomas and Dawn Ades, at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. It examines the potency of the Narcissus myth in painting, drawing, photography, installation, film and video. From Salvador Dali’s painting Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) to Pipilotti Rist’s video installation Slim My Ocean (1996), ‚Narcissus Reflected’ keeps in play the full variety of meanings of the myth, exploring, and seeking to explain, the enduring appeal of the Narcissus subject in art.