Shelter

Philipp Fröhlich's painting The_Hobyahs I (252L), 2019, oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm

The fragility of shelter runs through many fairy tales. In The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats, protection is undone by deception, as the wolf gains entry by imitating the mother. In The Three Little Pigs, the threat is direct: “Then I’ll huffand I’ll puffand I’ll blow your house down.” A house appears to offer […]

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