A Stella Renaissance, Stella Downer Fine Art, 17th June to 15th July 2017

The Abduction of Europa, 2017, music box assemblage

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This work is based on Ovid’s myth of Europa and Zeus and the Rembrandt painting The Abduction of Europa.  In the myth, Zeus disguised himself as a white bull, and lured Europa onto his back before abducting her. On winding the work from underneath the bull bucks Europa up and down.