An icon created again
Between these two Nike's lies more or less 2200 years. The one on the right is the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Originally she had marble hands and head and was an ode to the goddess of victory to remember a sea battle that was won.
The left picture is placed in Sicily on the shore of Naxos where the first greek colonists arrived. Because of its famousness it uses the image of the former as we know it but it tells us the opposite.
This new bronze version is a more graphic, less threedimensional, sculpture. The movement and empty space gives it a fragile look, as of a deteriorated leaf. It shows that however big the moment was at some time in history, time itself will bring down those moments. So we build monuments and statues to remember - even to remember the transitory.
It's a visually strong artwork with one flaw - there are two disturbing reinforcements for the wings (not shown in this picture).
