The Raft

Performance artist Vittoria Hopkins has made a career out of large tableaus of half-naked people, addressing the guilt of the viewer in the face of their vulnerability. Her latest work "The Raft" has all the ingredients of a landmark: classical references, naked body-painted people lying still on a canvas and an accusatory monologue, written from the perspective of a drowning man in the Mediterranean Sea. As the art world gathers to watch Vittoria’s stunning, clean and bankable scandal, an unexpected force takes hold of the installation...

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