Ashley Norwood Cooper US, b. 1970
Swarm IV, 2023
oil on linen
96 x 72 inches
243.8 x 182.9 cm.
243.8 x 182.9 cm.
Further images
Exhibitions
SWARM | a solo exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum | April-May, 2023SWARM | a solo presentation with ZINC contemporary at VOLTA art fair May 2023
Greenville County Museum of Art presents | Ashley Norwood Cooper Jul 17, 2024 — Sep 8, 2024
'When I was painting “Swarm IV”, I was thinking about Michelangelo’s “Last Judgement.” When bees swarm it is because there are warring queens. Half of the hive goes away with...
"When I was painting “Swarm IV”, I was thinking about Michelangelo’s “Last Judgement.” When bees swarm it is because there are warring queens. Half of the hive goes away with the new queen. Virgil saw it as a metaphor for the Roman Civil War, which had just ended when he was writing the Georgics." –Ashley Norwood Cooper
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