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"Then from out the cave the mighty Polyphemus
answered them: 'My friends, it is Noman that
is slaying me by guile and not by force.' "
~ Homer's Odyssey, Book 9
"Polyphemus in Four Moods" is a generative art piece exploring how randomized color can effect design and composition. The generation of the series was done on FXHash.xyz.
In Greek mythology Polyphemus was a one-eyed giant, a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon and Thoosa. In the Odyssey, he battles Odysseus and is blinded by the hero.
Polyphemus was a monster - a man eating, one-eyed giant - but was there more to his story? Odysseus and his men did trespass and eat his food. They went on their adventure looking for "monsters" to kill, and they found them. But "monster"? If you mess with a snake and it bites you, you don't blame the snake do you?
Maybe there's more to these characters. Like us, maybe they have (or had) lives and just wanted to be left alone.
50 editions, randomly generated in three variations: - No inner frame - Inner frame - Inner frame with artist's signature (rare)
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Polyphemus in four Moods # 4 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 14 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 22 (w/ frame and signed)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 23 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 25 (w/ frame and signed)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 27 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 28 (w/ frame and signed)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 35 (w/ frame and signed)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 39 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 40 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 41 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 43 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 45 (w/ frame)
Polyphemus in four Moods # 47 (w/ frame)
