Eurydice One
By
Susan Banks
2019
Eurydice One reflects a visit to Vergina, the site of the royal tombs of Phillip II of Macedonia and his mother Queen Eurydice, father and grandmother of Alexander the Great. The painting evokes the marble doors, supposedly closed for eternity. The patterns are stolen from a painted throne, c 340 BCE, found in Eurydice’s tomb.
The visit coincided with an exhibition at The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, entitled "Copying (In) The Past: Imitation And Inspiration Stories" which approached “the multi-faceted phenomenon of copying in the past and the present and its innumerable expressions” …”within the framework of cultural creation”. All this feeling like a welcome invitation to continue purloining elements of ancient culture for my own ends.
Oil on deep canvas
BIB. Andronicos, Manolis, “Vergina: The Royal Tombs and the Ancient City”, Athens, 1992
Susan Banks
Susan Banks
Susan Banks
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