Shaike Snir 'The First Mold… with Y' printmaking

Shaike Snir 'The First Mold… with Y' printmakingIn The First Mold with Y, Shaike Snir explores the concept of united opposites. Native to alchemy and Ancient Greek philosophy, the unity of opposites is synthesised in the story of Hermaphroditus (or Hermaphroditos). The child of Aphrodite and Hermes, Ovid claims that Hermaphroditus was transformed into an androgynous being after he united with the water nymph Salmacis. It is from his name that the term hermaphrodite was born. For the philosopher

Considered as one of the most important examples of Art Deco architecture in Western Australia

these cheeky creatures are like the circus performers of the animal kingdom

“The riddle is how to plan to surprise yourself”

a symphony of symbols

Image Size: 43 x 31 cm

the artist has attained curatorial and collectors’ following

This ability to suspend allusion and subject is core to Rankin's talent

While largely disastrous

Thomson translates remembered landscapes and fleeting impressions into a dynamic screenprint marked by gesture

dated and editioned in margin

Her position is startlingly immersive

as intricate as a spider’s web