Athena's Gift Series
For these drawings I chose a title with ambiguity, “Athena’s Gift”. Are they gifts from the Greek Goddess behaving in her role as a patron of metalwork weapons (if I consider a metal stylus as a weapon in defense of beauty)? Or are they gifts to her and the characteristics she represents, such as wisdom or courage? Even surrounded by the completed works in my studio, I still don’t know.
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Athena's Gift P1
platinumpoint drawing on a prepared archival surface...composed within a √2 proportioned area...I described the unique geometric shape in a paper titled “A process for generating 2D paintings and drawings from geometric diagrams” (published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, v2 no. 1, March 2008)...selected for “Four Corners of the World Alumni Exhibition”, an international competition exhibited at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2001...13.5” x 9.5” (34.5cm x 24cm)...© Elizabeth Whiteley
