«The Earth and the Hand» CHEAPART

 

Tree ceramic on a pedestal, variable dimensions,2021

 

Siko (σύκο, fig) is a composition of three ceramic pieces put together as one.

Each piece can be used separately, in a contemporary ritual; one you could wear as a mask, the other as a crown, and the third one you could make music with.            

The word "σύκο" is the source of many popular phrases with multiple meanings in Greek. It is as if this small word has created, over the years, an entanglement of Mediterranean expressiveness and psyche; a net of sayings containing this word that commute from the past to this day, continually versatile and fresh.