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Jean Francois Rauzier (French 1952 - )
Passage
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Diasec mounted C-Type print
Edition of 8
120 x 152 cm / 47 x 60 inches
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Passage is part of a series of Rauzier’s works based upon tales and legends from the Middle Ages. It seems to be a perfect and beautiful scene with the traditional elements of a fairy story: the castle, the beautiful princess, the swan. But closer inspection reveals that, like life, it is neither that simple nor idyllic. So it is a landscape filled with hidden dangers. A treacherous swamp is populated by snakes and reptiles that only reveal themselves upon minute inspection. To reach the castle and rescue the princess, the prince will have to take the ‘passage’ of the title, the route through the swamp that will entail slaying all the evil creatures. Thus Passage can be seen as a rite of passage,
fighting past the inevitable problems of various stages of one’s lifetime, and as an allegory for life itself.
Nul n’en viendra troubler les eaux sombres de mes rêves.
Je m’y plonge avec volupté.
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