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Constellation 6 - MIRA

By  Karen Melvin 2006

Dimensions
50.8cm x 61cm

Constellation is about mothers and daughters, using the mythological tale of Cassiopeia and Andromeda to underpin still life arrangements of natural and domestic debris suggesting the constellations. Text on mount - 'The star Mira is a pulsing red giant beating at the heart of Cetus, the Sea Monster'
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