I was asked a question about this bronze sculpture and I realised that maybe I should offer a bit extra, at least once in a while. I don't have the resources to provide a new account related to art, nor the proper training since I paint walls for a living, but sometimes I like to joke that that makes me capable of talking about paintings, and maybe a bit more. And I like paintings too!
This sculpture is called “Pheaton”, created by the Dutch artist Gabriël Sterk. It's related to the Greek mythology, where Phaeton, not listening to his father Helios, "joyriding" in his father's sun chariot came too close to Earth, risking destroying it with its flames. As a consequence, the angry Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and made him fall into the waters of the Eridanus (hint: here comes the statue).
[English is not my native language, so accept a few horrors here and there.]
This sculpture is called “Pheaton”, created by the Dutch artist Gabriël Sterk. It's related to the Greek mythology, where Phaeton, not listening to his father Helios, "joyriding" in his father's sun chariot came too close to Earth, risking destroying it with its flames. As a consequence, the angry Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and made him fall into the waters of the Eridanus (hint: here comes the statue).
[English is not my native language, so accept a few horrors here and there.]
