The Raft (2019)

Performance artist Vittoria Hopkins has made a career out of large tableaux vivant of half-naked people, addressing the guilt of the viewer in the face of their vulnerability. Her latest work 'THE RAFT' has all the ingredients of a landmark: classical references, naked body painted people lying still on a canvas and an accusatory monologue, written from the perspective of a drowning man in the Mediterranean sea. As the art world gathers to watch Vittoria's stunning, clean and bankable scandal, an unexpected force takes hold of the installation.