Nadine Dhiver
Narcissus, 2023
Digital artwork, giclée print on archival paper. Edition: 1/1
40 × 35 cm || 15 3/4 × 13 25/32 in
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The work was created at the Radiopaint studio as part of the theme “eternal narratives.”
While studying the myth of Narcissus, I noticed how this archetype is often stigmatized in contemporary culture: it carries a persistent halo of negative connotations. From a psychological perspective, I did not see a self-satisfied hero, but rather an awkward, vulnerable person forced to search for self-affirmation in external reflections. In this endless pursuit, he stops noticing the world itself — as if trapped inside a distorted mirror, where the only constant is loneliness. I am interested not in a diagnosis, but in the possibility of release: can a person with a narcissistic wound break this cycle, regain the ability to see the world and themselves outside borrowed reflections? The work does not offer an answer — it invites the viewer to hold this question together.

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