Saturday, August 1, 2009
No.1: Pygmalion And His Statues
Vinyl On Canvas 46cm X 72cm
Pygmalion was the King of Cyprus and a sculptor .He was also the high priest to the island's goddess Aphrodite. Disillusioned with the women around him and unable to find a suitable wife he created an ideal woman from marble. He prayed to Aphrodite that he could find such a woman . His prayers not answered, he embraced and kissed the statue and in despair wept inconsolably until he fell asleep . When he eventually awoke he found that Aphrodite had breathed life into the woman of his wildest dreams....
No.4: Narcissus
Oil On Canvas, 35cm X 46cm
Narcissus , a handsome young man grew more conceited as he continued to reject all the young women who approached him for his love. When he saw his reflection one day , he was infatuated by his own beauty .His vanity and ruthlessness was punished by the goddess of justice, Nemesis ,who made him suffer the same fate of those whom he had rejected and left with broken hearts .For his reflection , the object of his passion, had become impossible to attain.....
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