Standing Ceres by Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran
Standing Ceres
1993
Boston, MA
Bronze

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 three versions of the goddess, 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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