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Drawing, Ink on Paper
Size: 10.6 W x 14.2 H x 0 D in
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This piece came from a growing interest in the nature of angels, which appear in many cultures and world religions. The Christian idea of the angel is as a polarised, and rather one-dimensional symbol of "goodness", and is associated with light - both physically and spiritually (and therefore, by extension, morally). However, in many religions the angel is a much more complex and ambiguous figure, representing elements of both light and dark. They are often messengers from the spiritual realm, carrying out the bidding of God or gods. This picture came from a particularly intense existential (and therefore spiritual) struggle that I was engaged with at the time. In the early hours of the morning, as I lay awake, the biblical image of Jacob's struggle with the angel came to me with great vividness, and took on a renewed and urgent meaning for me. The sheer grittiness of the description of Jacob wrestling with the angel (sent by God?), at night, on the banks of a river - encountered on his way back to Canaan, seemed so real to me that this picture began to form in my mind. Far from being an ethereal being, this angel was deeply corporeal - and although he carried a sense of menace and darkness, he was not intrinsically evil - rather, he was rooted in the soil and was of both the Earth and of the air. He was both the Exterminating Angel and a protector and guide into the light. Jacob is laid out by the struggle - tired, and tattered and torn - at this stage not equal to the fight - but around the booted feet of the angel lie the surgical implements of healing: scalpels, forceps, needles and suture materials, signifying that the struggle is necessary for Jacob's physical and spiritual healing to begin.
Drawing:Ink on Paper
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Size:10.6 W x 14.2 H x 0 D in
Frame:Black
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"Although I state that much of my work stems from the imagery thrown up by depression, I would say that it is also the imagery of unconscious connection.Indeed the two are irrevocably entwined. It is no accident that the appearance of animal symbols and the use of bodily products such as hair, urine and blood is also influenced by my former work as a veterinary surgeon. Some time spent in psychoanalysis has helped me to illuminate these connections to find a personal mythology, which I believe connects to a universal meaning of what it is to be human. The `otherness` of animals, their power, vulnerability, unselfconsciousness and instinctual drives, and their relationship with us, are potent symbols of qualities we also have - qualities which we struggle with in our attempts to remain in control of ourselves and our society. It is where these tensions meet that my work is situated." Studio: Sculpture Shed, Spike Island, 133, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX. Tel: (0117) 929 2266; Email: michael.hayter@blueyonder.co.uk
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