GUILT

Prometheus was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of moulding mankind out of clay. His attempts to better the lives of his creation brought him into conflict with Zeus. Firstly, he tricked the gods out of the best portion of the sacrificial feast, acquiring the meat for the feasting of man. Then, when Zeus withheld fire, he stole it from the workshop of Hephaestus, the god of fire and patron of artisans and craftsmen, and delivered it to humankind hidden inside a fennel-stalk.

As punishment, Zeus had Prometheus chained onto a rock on Mount Caucasus for eternity, and put him to relentless torture by having a vicious eagle feed on his liver. The liver would grow up again at night, so that the eagle could happily eat it again the next day.

2017, shaved velvet, 300 x 120 x 35 cm