Judith Decapitando a Holofernes

Paulina Carretero revisits the fierce luminosity of Judith Beheading Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi’s iconic masterpiece, to reconnect it with her own realm of magical realism. The Baroque chiaroscuro remains as an atmosphere of tension—light slashes through the scene with emotional force, while shadows harbor the unspoken. Yet the figures shift: they now float between myth and introspection, their faces inhabiting both history and dream. Blood not only flows—it blooms. This is Judith transfigured, painting justice through symbol, where fury becomes consciousness and the act turns ritual.