Kirke ΦΑΙΝΩ 2012
phaino: ‘to bring to light; make known; bring to action’. This sculpture is based on the character Circe, the goddess who transforms Odysseus’ men into swine on the island of…
Charlayn von Solms
why assemblage?
Someone once asked me to describe my first experience with/discovery of art. The answer explains my fascination with assemblage. The lion in the trees When I was in primary school…
Museum Academy Temple – the Heliconian muses
In these early iconographic substitutions, the Heliconian muses were represented as institutional forms. Museum (1996), Academy (1996-7), and Temple (1997) were the first sculptures created for the series Hermetic Heresies…
A Catalogue of Shapes – portrait of an oral-formulaic Homer
Created between 2010 and 2013, this series is a sculptural exploration of the artistry of Homeric poetry. A Catalogue of Shapes is premised on the idea that the oral-formulaic compositional…
what’s with the epithets? – valuing Classics
I often provide my assemblages with a subtitle in ancient Greek. The reason why is not what you may think. In 1990 South African conceptual artist Willem Boshoff launched a…
Odysseus ΜΗΤΙΣ – a sly guy going home
This assemblage depicts the hero whose struggle to return home (and escape obscurity) forms the central theme of the Odyssey. Odysseus ΜΗΤΙΣ (2010) was constructed from a fishing buoy, funnel,…