The series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter...
The series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter dedicated to her girlfriend Vita Sackville-West.
Orlando's multifaceted game of identities is reflected in both The Library’s poet and The Oak Tree. Alluding to one of her/his highest aspirations, which was to become a poet. Hence, from the beginning of the novel, mention is made at various times of the writing of her/his poem The Oak Tree. Hence, in the homonymous painting, the main protagonist is this tree that arises from an androgynous figure and from which some buildings emerge as ephemeral castles and that make mention of the loss of their possessions due to the fact of being a woman and not being married.