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December - The Raft

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December Print of the Month | 2025 | Limited Silver Gelatin Print

Part of Kim Weston's Expanding Vision (c. 1990s-2020)

Inspired by Théodore Géricault's masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa" (1818-1819), which Kim and Gina saw at the Louvre in Paris. This dramatic composition echoes the painting's iconic pyramid structure, with figures arranged on a raft-like setting. The addition of octopus elements creates a surreal intersection of classical art history and Kim's distinctive vision, transforming Géricault's desperate survivors into a powerful tableau that bridges nineteenth-century Romanticism with contemporary figure photography.

Hand-printed by Kim Weston in his darkroom using traditional methods on museum-quality fiber paper, mounted on archival mat board. Numbered and signed by the artist.

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December Print of the Month | 2025 | Limited Silver Gelatin Print

Part of Kim Weston's Expanding Vision (c. 1990s-2020)

Inspired by Théodore Géricault's masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa" (1818-1819), which Kim and Gina saw at the Louvre in Paris. This dramatic composition echoes the painting's iconic pyramid structure, with figures arranged on a raft-like setting. The addition of octopus elements creates a surreal intersection of classical art history and Kim's distinctive vision, transforming Géricault's desperate survivors into a powerful tableau that bridges nineteenth-century Romanticism with contemporary figure photography.

Hand-printed by Kim Weston in his darkroom using traditional methods on museum-quality fiber paper, mounted on archival mat board. Numbered and signed by the artist.

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Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa" (1818-1819) is a monumental painting depicting survivors of the French frigate Méduse, which shipwrecked off the coast of Mauritania in 1816, leaving 150 people adrift on a makeshift raft where only 15 survived 13 days of starvation, dehydration, and cannibalism. The tragedy became an international scandal due to the captain's incompetence, and Géricault's dramatic 16-by-23-foot painting broke from Neoclassical traditions to become an icon of French Romanticism. After extensive research including interviews with survivors and morgue visits, the controversial work launched his career and now hangs in the Louvre, having influenced generations of artists including Delacroix and Manet.

 

The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819) by Théodore Géricault, via Wikimedia Common