TWO ARTISTS ONE NAME conor wilson

ARTIST ONE




Apotropaion, 2003

Red earthenware, white slip, linseed oil, wax
12cm x 10cm x 9.5cm


Something which wards off evil or bad luck / Many cultures have myths or folktales which contain instances of ritual female genital display. This display can calm the forces of nature or the wrath of the gods; negate male violence; promote fertility and hilarity / Neolithic carved stone or 'peculiar', balls of north-eastern Scotland / Objects which convey status or power to their possessors and can be used as currency.

























Hermit(Trismegistus)
Hermit, n. A man who seeks spiritual awakening by absenting himself from the chaos of the world or, he who hides in a cave.

‘Whatsoever is below is like that which is above, as all things are made from one’.

Hermes Trismegistus - the first, legendary, alchemist. Thrice Great.

Hermit crab - soft, vulnerable flesh seeks exosceletal armour.

Herm - phallic boundary marker.

Chinese breast-tripod cooking pot. (Picasso’s nanny goat udders).

Protection. Sheath. BosomBollocks
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