Squame Publishing 2017
Metamorphoses: A Contemporary Reimagining of Ovid’s Myths
Metamorphoses is an illustration and comics project inviting selected artists to freely reinterpret myths from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Completed in 8 AD, Ovid’s epic Latin poem immortalized countless Greek and Roman myths.
The BOOK features 16 artists, each creating a self-contained comic strip and an illustration inspired by a chosen myth. While the mythic source is clearly referenced, the stories may be fragments or creative variations—set in historical, contemporary, or fantastical contexts. The project reimagines ancient texts as fresh, poetic, comic, surreal, ominous, or irreverent works. Expect tales of lustful gods, elusive nymphs, robots, forests, urban skylines, selfie-takers, beasts, and hybrids—all swirling in the mythic cauldron of Squame!
The comics and illustrations are printed as double-sided posters and collected in a full-color anthology.
Metamorphoses is designed to evolve over time, with each new EXHIBITION expanding the original lineup of 16 artists to include new contributors.
A4 format book
Screen-printed cover
32 full-color interior pages
Published in two separate editions: French and Italian
Artists Featured in the Book:
AkaB • Orpheus et Eurydice
Alessandro Ripane • Sibylla Cumaea
Andrea Chronopoulos • Pygmalion
Anna Deflorian • Latona et Niobe
Cristina Portolano • Pan et Syrinx
Davide Saraceno • Minerva et Aracne
Francesco Guarnaccia • Narcissus et Echo
Giulio Castagnaro • Dedalo e Icaro
La Came • Diana et Actaeon
Lois • Venus et Adonis
Lucio Villani • Cadmo et Armonia
Marino Neri • Hermaphroditus
Martoz • Apollo et Daphne
Pistrice • Cygnus et Leda
Rita Petruccioli • Medea
TommyGun Moretti • Apollo et Marsia
typography credits : Nicoló Giacomin
Artists Added for the Exhibitions:
Gloria Pizzilli • Apollo et Hyacinthus
Isabella Mazzanti • Jupiter et Danae
Flavia Sorrentino • Callisto
Marco Filicio • Dripoe
Marie-Cécile • Cenis/Ceneo
