“There’s the whole sense of victory, of ascension, and not necessarily of the religious kind,” he says. Karasick has given his Christ-like figure wings that cannot help but evoke Icarus. However, for Karasick they also allude to the aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, the first person to make repeated successful flights with gliders. Although the human desire for flight is often associated with hubris, Karasick sees it as an indication of tenacity and hope, the human desire to escape Earthly constraints. The finished work, The Navigator (2018-19), has a magical alchemic quality to it thanks to the ancient encaustic technique Karasick uses which involves using heated beeswax with tinted pigments. Karasick’s monumental, life-size figure soars above the desolate landscape beneath him, a religious icon transformed into a quasi-mythological being with an uplifting message for a secular age. And an enduring symbol of the power of iconic artworks to continue to stimulate, inspire and awe.
Inspiration: Contemporary Art and Classics is at The Ateneum in Helsinki until 20 September 2020.
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