Auguste Blackman 'Minos' pop an orange offering in each

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Lovely original etching from one of the country's foremost contemporary artists

Auguste Blackman 'Minos' pop an orange offering in eachAccording to myth, the minotaur symbolises the meeting of opposites: the feminine and masculine; creature and human; rational and irrational; spiritual and instinctual; and, good and evil. This duality underlies Auguste Blackmans images of minotaurs, who despite their beastliness, feel familiar. In Minos, Auguste paints a minotaur lost in thought. Serene and reticent, this creature has been civilised its mythic fate paused at a moment of pensive