Prometheus, 2020 - K-ARTNOW
Lee Yunsung (b.1985) Seoul, Korea

Prometheus, 2020

Oil on canvas
127.5 x 63.8 in
About The Work

This work depicts Prometheus, a mythological figure who deceives Zeus and secretly gives fire to humans then chained to a mountain rock, and finally pecked at the liver by an eagle for the rest of his life.

This is a pixel painting that expresses an object in pixels by attaching two canvases. On his left hand, the figure has a fire, the symbol of Prometheus, and on his right chest, an eagle pecking his liver.

Provenance

Artist Collection, 2022

Exhibition

A lounge, 2022
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