The Goddess Isis, 2023
The ancient Egyptian goddess Isis emerges in multiple performative photographs that are part of Sherry Wiggins and Luís Branco’s ongoing collaboration, the HEROINES project. Wiggins invokes the multifaceted goddess who was believed to be a great healer, a goddess of fertility, mother of the god Horus, wife and sister of the god king Osiris and a guide for all in the afterlife. Wiggins portrays Isis in three series: Isis, Out of Darkness (in black-and-white); Between Earth and Sky (with golden wings on the horizon, surrounded by blue-gray clouds); and in She Has Wings (with Isis in shimmering golden light).
(photography by Luís Branco, installation shots by Robert Kittila)
Isis, Out of Darkness I
Isis, Out of Darkness II
Isis, Out of Darkness III
Isis, Out of Darkness IV
Installation of Performing Self (curated by Jane Burke) at BMoCA
Installation of Performing Self (curated by Jane Burke) at BMoCA
Between Earth and Sky I
Between Earth and Sky II
Between Earth and Sky III
Between Earth and Sky IV
She Has Wings I
She Has Wings II
She Has Wings III