Nymphs 2.0 revisits the long-standing artistic tradition of depicting bathing women — from classical nymphs to the sensuous bathers of the 19th century — through the lens of contemporary identity and digital perception. In this series, the female figure dissolves into soft focus, synthetic hues, and staged environments, evoking both presence and erasure. By abstracting the body and removing individual features, Nymphs 2.0 challenges the historical gaze that rendered women as passive, picturesque subjects of desire.
These modern nymphs reclaim space not in rivers or forest glades, but in dreamlike simulations where water becomes code, and sensuality is refracted through the aesthetics of virtuality, anonymity, and self-authorship. The project is in dialogue with the visual language of modernist masters such as Matisse, Modigliani, and Malevich — drawing on their use of bold color, stylized form, and symbolic abstraction to explore femininity beyond realism, and reimagine the mythic body in a post-physical, post-painterly world.
