Pavilion of Lebanon, Mounira Al Solh “A Dance with her Myth” at the arsenal at the Venice Art Biennale

Mounira Al Solh offers us a new, feminine interpretation of the myth of Europa, seduced and abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull, as Ovid tells us in his Metamorphoses.

If we want to sum up Ovid's story, it's always the same: the prettier you are, the greater the risks, and in every case it's the God who wins and it's his wife, the goddess, who punishes you, unless you decide to transform yourself into a tree or something else to escape the predator.

Mounira Al Solh reshuffles the deck and this time Europe manages to escape and even becomes a queen.

The message is clear: it's time to reverse the roles, whether in Ovid or... today, a woman's destiny must depend on the women themselves.

Mounira Al Solh deconstructs all these myths and even transforms Hercules' dog into... a bitch.

Hair-raising, colourful and original!

Mounira Al Solh, A Dance with her Myth

Mounira Al Solh

Mounira Al Solh, A Dance with her Myth