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Gallery:   Mythos
Frame:   metal over plexiglas
Year:   1985
Media:   pencil and watercolor on archival paper
Description:  
'Innocence & Icarus' is based on the classic, complex Greek myth about the son of Daedalus, the master craftsman. There are numerous versions of this tale in which Daedalus and his son are imprisoned for political infractions by Minos, King of Crete and attempt escape with artificial wings created by Daedalus. The master craftsman escapes, but disobeying his father's warning to avoid flying close to the sun, the wax holding the feathers of Icarus' wings melt and the boy drowns in the sea, later named the Icarian Sea in his memory. Perched on Minos' palace roof is a ghostly partridge, representing the dead Talos, Daedalus' nephew and former apprentice. In another version of the story, the master craftsman jealous of his nephew's brilliance, pushed him from a cliff. It was said that Talos exacted his revenge when Icarus drowned, I have written the poem that frames the image and have shown the god Apollo in the form of a kite to illustrate our illusion that we can control the capricious behavior of nature with our prideful understanding of science.
Dimensions::   22 x 20
Price::   1200.00

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Innocence & Icarus