Pluto by Vasilis Angelopoulos (Original Painting)

I came up with this project back in 2015, when I was preparing for my diploma Thesis. I decided to make a non-iconic presentation of God Pluto/Hades but at the same time a self-portrait Fayum. After some research in ancient Greek folklore and philosophy I decided to get through this in a performative way. I pushed myself to get into the same preparation that Greeks did to their dead people, which was almost the same with the preparation they had before they get a prophecy in Acheron. I gathered my clothes, some personal stuff and old photos and I burned them to ashes, I mixed up the ashes with paraffin wax, my hair, blood and soil. I prepared the wood with whitewash, buried 3 bones into it and put them in the lowest place. In the highest place I put dove’s remains, representing in this way the well-known «circle». This is one of the most personal pieces I ever made as it symbolizes my inner voyage to death.