Psychopomps 2022: Figures - stoneware, variously burnished, glazed, unglazed. Bases - marble-aggregate concrete, steel, marble, stoneware, antique marble architectural fragments, onyx, alabaster, travertine, pyrite
1: Psychopomp 05S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, 19th century marble architectural fragments
40.5 x 18 x 14 cm
2: Psychopomp 06S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, blackened steel, onyx
11. x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
3: Psychopomp 07S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, slavaged marble aggregate concrete
23 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
4: Psychopomp 08S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, glazed stoneware, blackened steel
22.5 x 13 x 13 cm
5: Psychopomp 09S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, blackened steel, marble aggregate concrete
24.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
6: Psychopomp 010S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, pyrite, travertine
28 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
7: Psychopomp 011S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, salvaged marble aggregate concrete
30.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
8: Psychopomp 012S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, Anafi granite
25 x 25 x 20 cm
9: Psychopomp 013S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, glazed stoneware, blackened steel
21.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm
10: Psychopomp 014S22 - Selectively burnished terracotta, marble aggregate concrete, blackened steel
27.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
11: Psychopomp 015S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, limestone, Pentellic marble
20.5 x 10 x 10 cm
12: Psychopomp 016S22 - selectively burnished terracotta, terra sigillata, alabaster
18.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm
13: Psychopomp 017S22 - selectively burnished stoneware, blackened steel, marble aggregate concrete
23.5 x 12 x 12 cm
14: Psychopomp 018S22 - Selectively burnished stoneware, blackened steel, marble aggregate concrete
17 x 13 x 13 cm
In both the ancient greek and contemporary english language the word psychopomp refers to spirit entities that guide the recently deceased to the places of the dead.
These fourteen entities are part of a growing community of psychopomps that currently comprises approximately forty entities. Standing purposefully on individually crafted bases, these shape-shifting figures aim to evoke and embody the supernatural and the human.
