English Word Artiste GESINE ARPS "2025 Minotaure heureux en liberté" Galerie ART GALLERY PontNeuf Paris
Minotaur in happy freedom 100X100 2025
In this surprising reinterpretation of the myth, the Minotaur is no longer a prisoner of the Labyrinth nor a victim of human judgment, but a redeemed creature, caught in a moment of luminous joy. His free run on a gold background is a direct reference to sacred iconography, transforming the mythological beast into a spiritual figure.
Painting gives the Minotaur a new dignity: no longer a monster, but a symbol of the integration between instinct and consciousness, between body and soul. The artist proposes a deeply human and contemporary vision: happiness comes from embracing even what society would like to remove.
Minotaur in happy freedom is therefore a meditation on inner redemption, on the abandonment of self-fear, and on the attainment of full freedom, rooted in awareness and peace.
The Minotaur is represented in a dynamic position, with the powerful human body and the bull's head. His face, rather than fierce, expresses serenity or even a smile, suggesting an unusual humanization.
The arms are open or outstretched in a gesture of openness towards the world, he seems to run or dance, barefoot, with a bodily expression that transmits lightness. Its musculature is well defined but not aggressive: it is a free body, no longer confined to the labyrinth.
The golden background recalls Byzantine art or medieval sacred iconography, but here it transforms the Minotaur into an almost spiritual figure. Gold underlines the sacredness of the moment of liberation.
A large owl, a sign of luck, above a red house observes in stunned the scene that takes place below her.
In this surprising reinterpretation of the myth, the Minotaur is no longer a prisoner of the Labyrinth nor a victim of human judgment, but a redeemed creature, caught in a moment of luminous joy. His free run on a gold background is a direct reference to sacred iconography, transforming the mythological beast into a spiritual figure.
Painting gives the Minotaur a new dignity: no longer a monster, but a symbol of the integration between instinct and consciousness, between body and soul. The artist proposes a deeply human and contemporary vision: happiness comes from embracing even what society would like to remove.
Minotaur in happy freedom is therefore a meditation on inner redemption, on the abandonment of self-fear, and on the attainment of full freedom, rooted in awareness and peace.
The Minotaur is represented in a dynamic position, with the powerful human body and the bull's head. His face, rather than fierce, expresses serenity or even a smile, suggesting an unusual humanization.
The arms are open or outstretched in a gesture of openness towards the world, he seems to run or dance, barefoot, with a bodily expression that transmits lightness. Its musculature is well defined but not aggressive: it is a free body, no longer confined to the labyrinth.
The golden background recalls Byzantine art or medieval sacred iconography, but here it transforms the Minotaur into an almost spiritual figure. Gold underlines the sacredness of the moment of liberation.
A large owl, a sign of luck, above a red house observes in stunned the scene that takes place below her.
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