NGV Triennial – Artist Xu Zhen, Knocking Our Socks Off!
Eternity Buddah in Nirvana a sculptural work by Chinese artist Xu Zhen commissioned for the NGV Triennial promotes cross-cultural understanding and appreciation
Zeus
Olympians & Gentlemen – Freedom, Liberty, Honour & Celebrity
The idea of a gentleman complex in its ethos, developed in Ancient Greece and was played out in spectacles such as the Olympic Games where victors became heroes
Zeus, King among Gods
The magnificent thirteen metre gold and ivory statue of Zeus was found inside his temple at Olympia on a throne described by a contemporary ‘as an elaborate structure of cedar wood, laid in with ebony and richly adorned with valuable stones and sculptures’. His figure required so much ivory Philo…
Olympian Zeus
At the very heart of the Olympic games was the central reason for its existence; to honour Zeus the most powerful of the Olympian Gods and the supreme God in Greek mythology. A visit to Olympia was a pilgrimage to his most sacred place, the grove known as the Altis,…