Dancing Between Myth & Logogramism’s Lines!
As evidenced by many museums’ displays, the mix of myths and art goes back to the pre-historic period when the first primitive artists/sorcerers used their imagination to interpret weather phenomena (wind, cloud, rain, storm, snow, fog, and dust storms, etc.) as divine practices. As a theme, religion has always influenced artists, past and present. On the other hand, mixing figurative composition and symbolic artwork styles is not recommended because it is like mixing water and fire. In the end, only one element will survive!
So how can an artwork that uses a religious theme, which some may categorize as myth, mix between figurative and symbolism in painting and still be considered a successful artwork?
Ishtar’s Spells artwork might seem just an example of how myths could play an important factor in shaping and strengthening our views of the world. For instance, Ishtar & Tammuz’s[1] death and resurrection myth prove that life can still overcome death through good deeds. What makes this artwork special is not because it beautifully used a myth to present a challenge, but because of the positive impact of Logogramism symbols.
Using the pictograph symbols made the artwork full of life. Although the pictograph symbols were not the central gravity of the artwork, adding these visual elements to a figurative scene gave the artwork the needed power to captivate art lovers.
Going back and forth
between the figurative details and the pictograph symbols of the artwork, Ishtar’s
Spells proves that mixing figurative elements with symbols produced a
successful artwork against all odds and previous recipes for disaster artworks.
Such carefully conducted methods are like dancing between two parallel lines: no matter how far they go, their destiny is that they will never meet, yet each line continues to give the other line the necessary formula for success.
Subject:
Ishtar’s Spells
Technique:
Acrylic on Hardboard Canvas
Measurements:
30 x 40 Inch
Date:
2006
Price:
$25,000
[1] Ishtar
& Tammuz, Ishtar and Tammuz are the protagonists of one of
the world's first love stories. Ishtar was the goddess of love, war, and fertility,
while Tammuz was one of many Mesopotamian gods of fertility and the patronage
of herdsmen.
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