Gabriele Jacobs
Icarus
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R 14,000.00
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gabriele-jacobs_icarus
| Frame | None |
|---|---|
| Medium | Porcelain and Oil Paint |
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 60.00 cm |
| Width | 47.00 cm |
| Artist | Gabriele Jacobs |
| Year | 2024 |
In this piece, Jacobs looks to the doomed figure of Icarus as a metaphor for the rapacious and unsustainable expansion of globalised capitalism. In an effort not to directly reference the human figures, they have reinterpreted Icarus as a bird of prey, alluding to their frequent symbolic associations with regimes of power and domination (such as the bald eagle of America or the third reich).
