Puck
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2000 Bronze 133 x 50 x 50cm |
Although the name of ‘Puck’ is synonymous with the knavish creature that embodied mischief and wreaked disruptive havoc amongst the humans of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Puck himself is a fairy like character who has occupied the landscape of European folklore for many centuries. Often seen as a mythical, sprightly creature with a propensity for leading normal folk stray, Puck embraces a comedy of opposites, but also presents the adventurous foil to regular human mischief. A woodland fairy masked in the flora and greenery of the rolling meadows and mysterious forests, the lure of Puck is made ever more gleeful and secret, with his spirited hair, mantle of leaves and twig for a flute. Anna has created a boy in the guise of Puck, as many boys are wont to resemble at early adolescence. She transmits the life of Puck through his costume and persona, but also his secret smile and slender, androgynous limbs. |