Nostalgia For Ithaca - 2021 Pencil on Doube Page of Vilaseca Paper
Nostalgia For Ithaca - 2021 Pencil on Doube Page of Vilaseca PaperGuillermo Martín Bermejo Spanish, b. 1971An allegory about Ulysses and the Odyssey. Ulysses appears in the foreground, pointing to the sea, to infinity, and a distant Ithaca.Circe’s elixir, in the cup on the left next to the blackbird, has made him forget his home. Behind him is the blind Polyphemus, or perhapsUlysses himself, unable to see reality as it is. Telemachus sits on the right in despair, but the dog still recognises his master. James Joyce observes the scene while a rotated Cavafy reminds us not to be too hasty in returning to Ithaca. -- source link