The Lightbringer
This was the second of three pieces displayed for my balloon art exhibition, MESSENGERS. The show highlighted three mysterious bringers of truth and wisdom whose motives are meant to be viewed through a critical lens.
The Lightbringer is a figure dressed in clerical robes with a goat skull head pouring a magical liquid into the abandoned well. The mystery of the piece, while thought provoking, is meant to allude to messengers who purposefully obfuscate their meaning as a way of weeding out all but the most dedicated followers, while also avoiding the wrath of an establishment threatened by a radical message.
Mathew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand."
The roses, while enticing, are surrounded by hostile thorns. The well is filled with light but drawing from the well is made difficult due to the frayed rope where once hung a bucket.
