On Sappho, Helen and Aphrodite, 2022
As a part of The Heroines Project, a collaboration with Luís Branco, Wiggins embodies Greek poet Sappho, Helen of Troy and the goddess Aphrodite in several series of performative photographs. Wiggins performs as Sappho in the splendor of fall leaves with her golden laurel crown. Helen / Wiggins appears wet and bedraggled (and rightfully depressed) after the Trojan War. Wiggins embodies the goddess Aphrodite in a bed of roses the golden apple in her hand. This collection was exhibited at Michael Warren Contemporary in 2023. The exhibition included printed excerpts from several of Sappho’s poems alongside the performative portraits of these iconic figures.
(photography by Luís Branco, installation shots by Robert Kittila)
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Installation of On Sappho, Helen and Aphrodite at Michael Warren Contemporary
Performing Sappho
Sappho’s Song #58 The Old Age Poem
Sappho’s Fall
Sappho’s Crown
Sappho the Misunderstood
Diptych: The Mirror of Helen I and II
The Mirror of Helen I
Helen After Troy
Diptych: Helen’s Eidolon I and II
Helen’s Eidolon I
Aphrodite with Roses I
Installation of Sappho’s Song #1 with Aphrodite with Roses I and II