Phenix

Peça da autoria de Aureliano Aguiar, feita a partir de objectos de ferro reciclado com base de pedra. 

In Greek mythology, a phoenix or phenix (Greek: φοῖνιξ phoinix) is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. The phoenix was subsequently adopted as a symbol in Early Christianity. While the phoenix typically dies by fire in most versions of the legend, there are less popular versions of the myth in which the mythical bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again. According to some legends, the phoenix could live over 1400 years before rebirth. Herodotus,Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Pope Clement I, Lactantius, Ovid, and Isidore of Seville are among those who have contributed to the retelling and transmission of the phoenix motif.

In the historical record, the phoenix "could symbolize renewal in general as well as the sun, time, the empire, metempsychosis, consecration,resurrection, life in the heavenly Paradise, Christ, Mary, virginity, the exceptional man, and certain aspects of Christian life".

Do autor:

Natural de Coimbra, o escultor Aureliano Aguiar tem exposto por todo o país e na Alemanha.
Tem várias obras em espaço públicos.
Tem sido muito referida a escultura de homenagem ao bombeiro, em Almodóvar.
Em 2008, foi-lhe atribuído o “PRÉMIO UTOPIA DE ARTE FANTÁSTICA”, na categoria “ESCULTURA”, com a obra “ARCANJO”, HOJE ADQUIRIDA PELA Câmara Municipal de Sesimbra.Em Odemira está o “Monumento à Árvore”, obra com forte carga de significado, conotada «topológica e simbolicamente com a planície alentejana, como sublinhou José Guilherme Abreu».

Read more: https://www.galeriaalima.com/products/escultura-de-aureliano-aguiar/