INTERSECTIONS: Icarus by Barbara Liotta

In this video, artist Barbara Liotta installs Icarus in the Main Gallery at The Phillips Collection.

Icarus, Barbara Liotta
October 22, 2009-January 31, 2010
Conceived as a portrait of human energy and inner strength and as a symbol of flight and aspiration, this large-scale sculpture is made of strings and stones and suspended from the ceiling. Icarus is paired with portraits from the museum's permanent collection, including Eugène Delacroix's Paganini, Amedeo Modigliani's Elena Povolozky, and Chaim Soutine's Woman in Profile. © The Phillips Collection, 2009

Part of Intersections. For more about this series:
http://www.phillipscollection.org/exhibitions/intersections/index.aspx

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• art
• The Phillips Collection
• phillipscollection
• artmuseum
• dc
• sculpture
• Barbara Liotta
• Icarus
• Delacroix
• Modiglini
• Soutine
• installation

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Beautiful work.

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An elegant image of beauty and grace, defying gravity and adversity, this ethereal work of art awakens hope that ultimately we will overcome.

Walking around und underneath it,experiencing its three dimensions, it evokes a sense of mythos and longing, fragility and strenght. This wonderful video can only give a glimpse of the experience this sculpture provides. Let us hope for a permanent exhibition.