Barry McCallion, Artist
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Island 2 Based on the Osiris Legend

I planned a series of fourteen large painted panels using the Osiris legend (Osiris is cut into fourteen pieces and thrown into the Nile).  By the time I completed six panels the idea seemed pretentious.  I went to the studio and destroyed the panels by cutting them up.  Only afterward, I realized that the act of cutting up the panels had fulfilled, rather than avoided, the myth.
  • Home
  • Meet the Artist
    • Unique Books Exhibition Catalogue 2022
    • Oarsman Interview 2020
    • The Oars Journey
    • Feature Article
  • Current Works
    • Beowulf 2020
    • Paradise Lost 2014
    • Oars Library 2019
    • Oars Library 2017-2018
    • Oars Library 2015-2016
    • Oars Library 2012-2014
    • Oars Library 2011-2012
  • Oarswork
    • Departure Poems
    • Divinations
    • Boat Provisions
    • Island 1
    • Island 2
    • Island 3
    • Island 4
    • Island 5
    • Island 6
    • Island 7
    • Island 8
    • Island 9
    • Island 10
    • Island 11
    • Island 12
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