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Box of Beauty

Stephen Linsteadt

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Artwork details

Medium : Oil on Canvas
Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
Dimensions : 76x81.1in

About this artwork

The Box of Beauty is a reference to the story of "Psyche & Cupid." More specifically to the task Psyche has to carry out of bringing the box of beauty located in Hades to Venus. She is warned not to open the box, but of course she does. As a result she falls into a 'deathly sleep.' I see the beauty in the box as representing our Soul. Our curiosity/desires opens the box and subsequently we fall asleep to the spiritual world and enter the sleep/dream… state of this physical world. The painting is us in our dream-physical-world-state. The large dreaming figure casts a shadow, our dark side, our worldly desires, as well as our depression and feelings of isolation. The dancing figure is our inner child or the part in us that wants to be free and return to our spiritual home.
Oil on canvas
unique
Hand-signed by artist
Signed on the front and back of the artwork
Frame: Not included