Monday, August 1, 2011

THE SWAN BOAT/ A figurative sculpture by Eric Whollem/ OXIDES ON TERRACOTTA/ Ceramic Boat Sculpture/ A mythopoetic archetype




The Swan Boat
2003
by Eric Whollem
oxides on terracotta
PRIVATE COLLECTION
photo by M. Spielmann

THE SWAN BOAT

Historically the 'Swan Boat' concept has been with us for a long
time. There is a tradition in European ceramics of clay boats.

The Swan Boat represents the flight of the soul in the afterlife.
It is a symbol of immortality.

The Swan Boat concept appeared in Wagner's opera Lohengrin,
wherein the knight Lohengrin utilizes the swan boat on his search
for the Grail.

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