Babylon Bird
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$610.00
$610.00
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12"x24" acrylic on canvas with iridescent gold and wraparound painted edges (no frame needed)
A piece using the ostrich, an animal tied by medieval bestiary to motherhood and by the Bible to the city of Babylon, to explore fertility. Geometric references to Ishtar's gate, molecular structures related to sex and mood hormones.
Part of Mental Health Animal Icon series
We dwell, we dance, in ruined houses.
Throwing rocks from Ishtar’s Gate.
Sing with Jackals, pray she hears us,
Prolongs our days and makes us whole.