Original artwork description:
nice colourful mini sculpture in a shape of knot.
The Cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an oxcart. Reputedly, whoever could untie it would be destined to rule all of Asia. In 333 BC Alexander was challenged to untie the knot. Instead of untangling it laboriously as expected, he dramatically cut through it with his sword, thus exercising another form of mental genius. It is thus used as a metaphor for a seemingly intractable problem which is solved by exercising an unexpectedly direct, novel, rule-bending, decisive and simple approach to the problem that removes the perceived constraints.
Materials used:
acrylics on ceramic mini sculpture
Tags:
#vio valova #origami #patchwork #positive feelings #mini sculptures #bright interior detail #knots #unique interior decor artwork #interior detail #gordian's knotGordian's Knot (Solving a Problem) (2023)
Sculpture
by Vio Valova
56 Artist Reviews
£128.22
- Sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 10 x 10 x 11cm / 10 x 10cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Original artwork description
nice colourful mini sculpture in a shape of knot.
The Cutting of the Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend associated with Alexander the Great in Gordium in Phrygia, regarding a complex knot that tied an oxcart. Reputedly, whoever could untie it would be destined to rule all of Asia. In 333 BC Alexander was challenged to untie the knot. Instead of untangling it laboriously as expected, he dramatically cut through it with his sword, thus exercising another form of mental genius. It is thus used as a metaphor for a seemingly intractable problem which is solved by exercising an unexpectedly direct, novel, rule-bending, decisive and simple approach to the problem that removes the perceived constraints.
Materials used:
acrylics on ceramic mini sculpture
Tags:
#vio valova #origami #patchwork #positive feelings #mini sculptures #bright interior detail #knots #unique interior decor artwork #interior detail #gordian's knotReturns and refunds
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Artist Reviews (56)
This artwork is sold by Vio Valova from Ukraine
Vio Valova
Ukraine
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Hello, thanks for visiting. I'm a Ukrainian artist, designer and photographer temporary (because of the war) located in the Netherlands. Art is my life, my job, my way of thinking... Read more
