First in my Mytheme mask series exploring folklore, ritual, and myth, The Year-King is a symbol of sacrifice and rebirth, growth and harvest. The concept of death and resurrection exists across all cultures and mythologies, and the perceived control over nature and the gods through sacrifice was especially evident in agrarian societies where the success of the harvest was a yearly matter of life and death.
acrylic | shellac | sandpaper | on oak panel
2 comments:
This has a bewitching sense of movement for a static object. Were you channeling a demonic sea urchin? Looking forward to more masks in this series.
Haha, very intuitive, demonic sea-urchin was exactly what I was going for! Thanks for the comment, I was thinking about completing the series before I started posting them but it's always best to get a good critique during the process.
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