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The Fall of Icarus
The Fall of Icarus
cotton, linen, wire, encaustic, leather
6 x 79 x 38"

The Fall of Icarus is a floor piece inspired by the ancient Greek story of Icarus , who flew from the island of Crete with his father, Daedalus, a craftsman who had assembled their wings from feathers and wax..The myth is often told as a warning against the hubris of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and fell to earth when the wax melted, but perhaps it is also a story of the arrogance of Daedalus and his excessive faith in his own craftsmanship.