FRAGMENTS OF MYTHOLOGICAL DREAMS
Exhibited at The Tate gallery. Sydney, Australia. 2013
“Dreams are not just messages (coded messages, at that), but are also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination that has its own value. Dreams are proof that fantasies - emotional immersion in the visualization of events that have never and may never occur - are one of the profoundest necessities for human life. The characters that come from my imagination are my own possibilities, those that never came to bear, or those still on my horizon.”
In this exhibition, inspired by Ancient Greek myths and legends, Skount presents a reality, drawing a relatively cohesive oneiric spectrum with mythology. Recounting a pictorial discourse by which we enter into a world of dreams, created to explain the universe, the origin of the world, natural phenomena and anything for which there is no simple explanation. Through this new body of work on canvas and paper, Skount investigates this complex philosophical world full of arguments about the nature, properties, causes and effects of natural things, especially the human being and the universe.
ARTWORKS
ON THE DREAMS DOOR, ACRYLIC AN COLLAGE ON CANVAS 90 X 120 CM. 2013
BLIND MOIRAS, ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON LINEN CANVAS, 70 X 70 CM. 2013
JUSTICE, ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON LINEN CANVAS, 70 X 90 CM. 2013
ERIS, GODDESS OF CHAOS, STRIFE AND DISCORD. ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS, 40 X 45 CM. 2013
HERA, GODDESS OF WOMEN AND MARRIAGE. ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS, 40 X 45 CM. 2013
APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE, BEAUTY AND SEXUALITY. ACRYLIC AND COLLAGE ON CANVAS 40 X 45 CM. 2013
ATHENA, GODDESS OF WISDOM, COURAGE, BEAUTY AND SEXUALITY. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 40 X 45 CM.2013
CHARON, THE FERRYMAN OF HADES. WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013
CYCLOPS, BRONTES, ESTÉROPES AND ARGES. WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013
HADES, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD. WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013
MEDUSA, GUARDIAN OF GORGON. WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013
DIONYSUS, GOD OF WINEMAKING, MADNESS AND ECSTASY. WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER 42 X 30 CM. 2013
HEPHAESTUS AND ATHENA, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013
OEDIPUS AND THE SPHINX, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013
PROMETHEUS, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013
SISYPHUS, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013
HARPY, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013
PEGASUS, WATERCOLOR AND INK ON 300GR WATERCOLOR PAPER, 20 X 30 CM. 2013