Claire Curneen Irish, b. 1968
Siren, 2022
Tin glazed terracotta
63h x 23w x 23d cm
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'I grew up near the sea, on the southwest coast of Ireland. When I swim there, I rarely go out of my depth, but I will spend an age looking...
"I grew up near the sea, on the southwest coast of Ireland. When I swim there, I rarely go out of my depth, but I will spend an age looking to the horizon, suspended, neither here nor there. The savage beauty of the sea has thrown up a multitude of strange stories since the beginning of time. The Siren, a mythical creature that is half bird, half woman, is a story about femine power. In the Odyssey, Sirens lured sailors to destruction with their sweet hypnotic song. Their beauty had a terrifying power.
We know more about outer space than we do about the depths of the sea and these unsolved mysteries fascinate me."
We know more about outer space than we do about the depths of the sea and these unsolved mysteries fascinate me."