Sol Invictus

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Sol Invictus

2024
Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 61 x 61 x 9cm



‘Unconquered Sun’ was a title used for some of the emperors of Rome. Sol Invictus depicts a section of the surface of the sun showing a large sunspot. This surface is also a landscape but one so severe we could never visit it as it is around 5,600 degrees Celsius. Earth happens to sit at exactly the right distance to it for life to be possible but the balance is precarious.












Part of the Alluvial Plain exhibition at Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam in December 2024.