Snow White

Edition: 1/6 – green‍

Snow White turns the familiar fairy-tale archetype on its head. The female figure, positioned on all fours with a saddle on her back, occupies a space between the human and the animal, between subject and object, between submission and deliberate provocation.

The saddle is a symbol of control — it determines who leads and who allows themselves to be led. In connection with the female body, however, it also takes on erotic and power-related connotations. The seemingly submissive pose therefore does not necessarily imply powerlessness. It may equally be understood as a game, a challenge, or a conscious embrace of the role the viewer expects.

The title Snow White refers to the familiar fairy-tale heroine traditionally associated with beauty, purity, and innocence. Skavova, however, shifts this archetype into a far more ambiguous register. Innocence meets eroticism, fairy tale meets corporeality, and obedience gives way to the question of who truly holds the power.

With a sense of irony, the work explores the tension between fantasy and reality, leaving it to the viewer to decide whether they are looking at a submissive figure, an erotic object, or, on the contrary, a self-assured protagonist who sets the rules of the game herself.