Marlena Dietrich 

Octavio Ocampo's "Marlena Dietrich" presents us with a visual game, a face emerging from a bouquet of lilies. Lilies, often linked with purity and resurrection, here veil and reveal, their forms echoing the contours of a face. This is a powerful combination, evoking not just beauty but also a sense of mystery and transformation. The lily appears in countless paintings across the centuries. Think of Botticelli's "Annunciation," where the angel Gabriel presents Mary with a lily, signifying her purity and divine destiny. Here, the convergence of face and flora taps into a primal understanding of beauty. It suggests a deeper psychological interplay between the conscious recognition of a face and the subconscious allure of natural forms. The cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth is mirrored in the way the lilies both conceal and reveal, inviting us to contemplate the transient nature of beauty.