ICON
The Life of ICONS I - Western Mandala (Creation) II - Wombs and Seeds (Sustenance) III - Homefire (Destruction) Oil on linen each 84"H x 84"W
The origin of ICON is a mystery. ICON functions as an integral element of the Cornfield installation, evolving from two-dimensional geometry into a three-dimensional living symbol as seen in the Cornfield cinematic animation.
ICON also works as a visual farm, planted with crops of imagery rotated through the fields of the structure. It is symbol of mind, a device, a hierarchy, a home, a Mother.
ICON is all these things and more . . .
A poem of Wombs and Seeds
"A seed planter, A nutcracker, A dark horse running wild in the corn . . .
A grain crusher, An egg hatcher, A seedling ensnares Tiepolo's horn.
A depth diver, A love giver, A God seeker urgin'
Pablo's rooster, the Papal acorns, a pitchfork, and a virgin
In the center Love is found."
Borrowings: Rembrandt’s Mill, Tieplolo's The Sacrifice of Issac, Picasso’s Cock of Liberation,
Michelangelo’s Nuts (Papal acorns) from the Sistine Chapel.
L to R: ICONS - Read Me, Sources, Dissolutions, Weddings, Icon Red Oil on wood panels 36" x 36" x 2"D and 48" x 48" x 2"D
Cornfield Storyboard Plate 7 of 33
Cornfield Storyboard Plate 8 of 33
Icon Animations - digital creation Phoenix Evolution
YE AS OR (Your Everyday Artistic Symbol Of Reality) Cornfield Seeds
Cornfield Phoenix Animation by ShonRay Nichols
Apotheosis of the Corn Goddess 84"H x 60"W Oil on linen
Artwork and design © James Nichols 1976-2024 All rights reserved