Perseus
£2,999
Ovid’s well known story of Perseus’ adventures casts him as the swashbuckling hero who eventually rescues Andromeda, chained victim for the evil Kraken.
Description
Ovid’s well known story of Perseus’ adventures casts him as the swashbuckling hero who eventually rescues Andromeda, chained victim for the evil Kraken. However the latin ‘Perseus’ means ‘destroyer’ and in this picture he is re-cast as the invader; riding out of the depths on Pegasus, scythe in hand, to rape the land and all its bounty. The ‘hapless heroine’ becomes the triple-goddess; a counterbalance to Ovid’s gorgon, Medusa, and her evil sisters.
Height: 58"Width: 58"
Medium: Oil On Canvas
Year: 1995
