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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