Descent of the Incubus -Triptych
Descent of the Incubus -Triptych
Descent of the Incubus was made immediately following the murder of fourteen women at the Polytechnic Institute at the University of Montreal in December 1989. I was living across the street from the Institute at the time. It was a terribly traumatic event.
In Western medieval legend, an incubus was a demon in male form which lay on sleepers, especially on women in order to have sexual intercourse with them. The Incubus drained sexual energy from the woman in order to sustain itself, and in most cases either killed the victim or left the victim alive but in very weak or fragile condition.
Each panel:
Dimensions: 90 x 75 cm / 36 x 30 in
Materials: Mixed media, encaustic, found objects, collage on tarpaulin.
1989
Shipping not included.
The panels depict three aspects of the event. From left to right: Panel I: the incubus descending. Panel II: the iconic Art Deco University of Montreal tower with its blinking red light. Panel III: the bloody aftermath.
