Sculptor & Painter

MIK SIMCIC

THE ABDUCTION OF EUROPA – SEDUCTION IN CRETE

STRENGTH AND FORCEFULNESS VERSUS LYRICISM AND NOSTALGIA

The Greek God Zeus wanted to conquer the princess Europa. He turned into a beautiful bull, charmed her so that she climbed onto his back and disappeared with her into the sea (horizontal stone). He swam with her to the island of Crete (vertical stone), where they made love. The sculpture presents the relationship between opposites; strength and forcefulness in the symbolism of the bull and lyricism and nostalgia in the image of a woman.