A bit distracted by spontaneous photographic experiments this past weekend I almost didn't share the best artwork, in my view, from the 'Swoon Series'. If you don't know what I mean, I shared two photo essays on the amazingly talented Street Artist 'Swoon' whose work I was able to admire in Red Hook, NYC:
Part 1 [PHOTO ESSAY] Story telling in Red Hook by an artist named Swoon
Part 2 [PHOTO ESSAY] Decorative paper cut outs in Red Hook by Swoon
The artwork portrays what Swoon envisions the goddess 'Thalassa' looks like, the 'primeval spirit of the sea'. Almost mermaid-like, she seems to just come out of the water, head up high, a swirl of water in her hands.
Elegant,
Strong,
Gorgeous.
According to Wikipedia on Thalassa:
Gaius Julius Hyginus described her in the preface to his Fabulae as daughter of Aether and Hemera (Fab. Praef., 2). With her male counterpart Pontus, she spawned the storm gods and the tribes of fish. The couple were later replaced by the other marine pairs, Oceanus and Tethys, Poseidon and Amphitrite. Nevertheless, fables were devoted to her by Aesop and she was to be depicted in both artistic and literary works during the Common Era.
I took a second picture of the artwork, focusing on her belly and chest, because a lot of detail was drawn in those parts of her body. Her lungs, some sea horses, intestines, cob webs, and some shells and other sea creatures are what I can distinguish in the colourful play with lines.
Although many of the works I shared with you by Swoon are gorgeous, this is one I would love to buy an original piece of and hang on my walls. It's a strong figure, well-detailed and decorated, I simply love every part of it. The longer you look at the whole piece the more you distinguish in it.
Also:
Basically I just read and learned from a Wikipedia article on mythology just because I once walked the streets of New York City and found a gorgeous picture. Why again are we often removing street art from our buildings?
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