Pyschopomps: 2021
Figures: burnished, glazed, unglazed stoneware
Bases: concrete, blackened steel, pentellic marble
1: Psychopomp 04S21
selectively burnished stoneware, concrete with steel inclusion
30.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
2: Psychopomp 01S21
selectively burnished stoneware, concrete with steel inclusion
27.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
3: Psychopomp 02S21
selectively burnished stoneware, concrete
27.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
4: Psychopomp 03S21
glazed stoneware, blackened steel, Pentellic marble
27.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
Most often found in mythological and religious contexts, the term psychopomp refers to spirit entities that receive and guide the recently deceased to the place of the dead. As part of an ongoing body of work, these psychopomps join a growing community that commingle the human with the supernatural.
Photographed by Giorgos Vitsaropoulos