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Kahlil
Gibran
Seated Ceres
1993
Boston, MA
Bronze
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Artist's
Statement
The myth of Demeter or Ceres, the "Good Goddess," has always
fascinated me. I prefer her Roman title- Ceres -not only for the eponymous
cereal, but also for her later association with creativity, both agricultural
and artistic.
When I first sculpted two standing goddesses and then finally this larger
seated version, which I call my "Ceres series," I was paying
homage to the mother who waits each spring for her daughter Perephone's
annual return from Hades. Just as artists wait for muses, we all celebrate
reunions. The images and symbols of this Ceres are my record of spring
and its subsequent harvest, of imagination and its subsequent fulfillment.
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