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A Modern Sisyphus

26 Monday Nov 2018

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Albert Camus, alienation, Ancient Greece, British figuration, Classical myth, figurative art, Greek Mythology, Neuroses, paranoia, Sisyphus

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‘Sisyphus’ acrylic and oil on canvas 123x91cm

Condemned to push a large rock up on a steep hill, only to find it rolling back on nearing the summit…in perpetuity.

A rock comprising an aggregate of personal neuroses; personal health, financial, career, state sanctions and curtailed liberties, ethical living. We all carry our own boulder up our own mountain…

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