Martin Ridgwell
Artist | Printmaker
Ganymede's Abduction
Ganymede's Abduction
£180.00
An etching with aquatint. Limited edition artist print depicting a male youth standing outside a Truman’s brewery pub with a soft drink, set in the 1970’s
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Title: Ganymede’s Abduction
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Edition Size: Edition of 50
Image Size: H 24cm x W 17cm
Paper Size: H 38cm x W 29cm
Printed on Somerset Satin 300gsm Paper
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist
This is a retelling of the Greek myth of Ganymede’s abduction but set outside a pub in the 70’s. Here Ganymede - the loveliest of mortals resembles a 70’s teeny bopper heart throb unaware that he is about to be kidnapped by the god Zeus disguised as the Truman Brewery’s Eagle icon.