Pygmalion, a talented sculptor, lived in Cyprus; he was resolutely misogynist, « hating the faults nature had filled women with ». He carved a statue embodying in his eyes the ideal of feminine beauty. This search for perfection dragged him so far that he fell in love with the statue. Moved by this attitude, Aphrodite or Venus, according to the versions, gave life to the statue, which he called Galatea. The Greco-Roman myth recounted by Ovid has gone through the ages inspiring painters and sculptors in an infinity of interpretations. Pascal Chauveau brings his vision imprint of surrealism.