Iphigenia in Pieces
This piece features Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sacrificed by her father before the Trojan War. Her death sets off the events of the story of the murder of Agamemnon and all that comes after, she is constantly haunting the narrative. This painting is the largest piece, painted on 10 different canvases. In my play Libations, by the end of the act 2 gallery each piece of her is somewhere else, moved around the room by the actor playing the ghost of Iphigenia. She is everywhere in the story, pieces of her lingering, inseparable from the family that lives on. As well as being a literal description, the title of this painting is a reference to the titles of the plays Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris.