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Danja Akulin
Germany
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Artist highlights
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Pencil, Graphite on Paper , Other rigid frame
- Framing : Framed
- Dimensions : 66.9x57.1in
About this artwork
Black Eagle
The eagle is a symbol of empire, even more a symbol than the lion. It’s not by chance that bad-tempered, imperious Zeus (whom the Romans replaced with Jupiter) chose the eagle as his mascot, while the more liberal Demeter ended up with the lion. The eagle found its way onto Roman standards by way of Ptolemaic Egypt, which had in turn borrowed it from the Persians. Everyone with imperial ambitions would come to imitate the Romans: Byzantium,… the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Habsburg Austria-Hungary, Napoleon, the Third Reich. Empire and imperial splendor are power made manifest. Power is founded on cruelty and force. Power’s primary function is repression. Empire cannot exist without war. It stands to reason that the eagle’s cry never bode well: since the days when shining eagles were raised over the Roman legions, the bird’s appearance has presaged nothing but trouble.
The eagle is a symbol of empire, even more a symbol than the lion. It’s not by chance that bad-tempered, imperious Zeus (whom the Romans replaced with Jupiter) chose the eagle as his mascot, while the more liberal Demeter ended up with the lion. The eagle found its way onto Roman standards by way of Ptolemaic Egypt, which had in turn borrowed it from the Persians. Everyone with imperial ambitions would come to imitate the Romans: Byzantium,… the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Habsburg Austria-Hungary, Napoleon, the Third Reich. Empire and imperial splendor are power made manifest. Power is founded on cruelty and force. Power’s primary function is repression. Empire cannot exist without war. It stands to reason that the eagle’s cry never bode well: since the days when shining eagles were raised over the Roman legions, the bird’s appearance has presaged nothing but trouble.
Danja Akulin
Germany
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« Coal and graphite are to me what color is to other painters: A fundamental and expressive element. »
Danja Akulin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1977. He moved to Berlin in 2000 to study at the University of Arts, and still lives and works there today. As a student, he studied under Georg Baselitz and Daniel Richter. His aesthetic black and white drawings are minimalistic and conceptual.
Danja Akulin
Black Eagle
$11,790
