Apparition of Venus, the Evening Star

Venus descends from the sky onto the land of a barren autumn countryside, but she is not the goddess of antiquity, but the “Evening Star,” the planet that shines first in the sky after dusk.

The appearance is theatrical, statuesque, shining with a warm light full of mysticism; the planet, surrounding the face of the goddess like a headpiece, is an ethereal presence that dialogues with the colors of the earth and the dry branches on which the goddess, seemingly still levitating, is leaning.

Salvi’s visual play is revealed in the ambiguity of the sacred figure of Venus, a modern deity, who continues to fascinate after centuries in her dual role as goddess of beauty and celestial body.