BOOK - "The Lot of Sisyphus"
Book description:
Artist Roger Doyle’s charcoal on paper images feature people in impossible situations—a man chained to an anvil, a being impossibly enmeshed in barbed wire—comically interspersed with surreal sketches of authority that evoke the pathos of human suffering. Maria Mazzenga’s poems explore the parameters of the visual artwork in ways that highlight the contradictions and humor in adversity, social control, and addiction.
For his cunning and trickery, King Sisyphus drew the wrath of the gods of Greek mythology. Forever condemned to an underworld where he was forced to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down for him to begin again, we recall the king more for his punishment than for his deeds. The works in The Lot of Sisyphus explore extraordinary punishments and the conditions leading to them with curiosity, compassion, and humor.
Title
BOOK - "The Lot of Sisyphus"
Book description:
Artist Roger Doyle’s charcoal on paper images feature people in impossible situations—a man chained to an anvil, a being impossibly enmeshed in barbed wire—comically interspersed with surreal sketches of authority that evoke the pathos of human suffering. Maria Mazzenga’s poems explore the parameters of the visual artwork in ways that highlight the contradictions and humor in adversity, social control, and addiction.
For his cunning and trickery, King Sisyphus drew the wrath of the gods of Greek mythology. Forever condemned to an underworld where he was forced to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down for him to begin again, we recall the king more for his punishment than for his deeds. The works in The Lot of Sisyphus explore extraordinary punishments and the conditions leading to them with curiosity, compassion, and humor.
Book description:
Artist Roger Doyle’s charcoal on paper images feature people in impossible situations—a man chained to an anvil, a being impossibly enmeshed in barbed wire—comically interspersed with surreal sketches of authority that evoke the pathos of human suffering. Maria Mazzenga’s poems explore the parameters of the visual artwork in ways that highlight the contradictions and humor in adversity, social control, and addiction.
For his cunning and trickery, King Sisyphus drew the wrath of the gods of Greek mythology. Forever condemned to an underworld where he was forced to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down for him to begin again, we recall the king more for his punishment than for his deeds. The works in The Lot of Sisyphus explore extraordinary punishments and the conditions leading to them with curiosity, compassion, and humor.
Subject
A book of poetry with paintings.
44 poems by Maria Mazzenga
44 poems by Maria Mazzenga
Description
DRAWINGS - charcoal and acrylic paint on rag paper, 44 images, size 11.5" x 19".
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Roger Doyle
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Roger Doyle
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August and September 2016
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Roger Doyle
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Roger Doyle, “BOOK - "The Lot of Sisyphus"
Book description:
Artist Roger Doyle’s charcoal on paper images feature people in impossible situations—a man chained to an anvil, a being impossibly enmeshed in barbed wire—comically interspersed with surreal sketches of authority that evoke the pathos of human suffering. Maria Mazzenga’s poems explore the parameters of the visual artwork in ways that highlight the contradictions and humor in adversity, social control, and addiction.
For his cunning and trickery, King Sisyphus drew the wrath of the gods of Greek mythology. Forever condemned to an underworld where he was forced to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down for him to begin again, we recall the king more for his punishment than for his deeds. The works in The Lot of Sisyphus explore extraordinary punishments and the conditions leading to them with curiosity, compassion, and humor.,” Roger Doyle, Artist, rogeredoyle@gmail.com, accessed April 20, 2024, https://rogerdoyleart.omeka.net/items/show/223.
Book description:
Artist Roger Doyle’s charcoal on paper images feature people in impossible situations—a man chained to an anvil, a being impossibly enmeshed in barbed wire—comically interspersed with surreal sketches of authority that evoke the pathos of human suffering. Maria Mazzenga’s poems explore the parameters of the visual artwork in ways that highlight the contradictions and humor in adversity, social control, and addiction.
For his cunning and trickery, King Sisyphus drew the wrath of the gods of Greek mythology. Forever condemned to an underworld where he was forced to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down for him to begin again, we recall the king more for his punishment than for his deeds. The works in The Lot of Sisyphus explore extraordinary punishments and the conditions leading to them with curiosity, compassion, and humor.,” Roger Doyle, Artist, rogeredoyle@gmail.com, accessed April 20, 2024, https://rogerdoyleart.omeka.net/items/show/223.