Dionysus Mural, September
This summer something wonderful is evolving at Green Kill.
Imagine a very dark gyrating sky, a storm of storms, packed with furious wind. This kind of experience while a sign of approaching violence is oddly something that causes rapture, a sense of the beauty and ancient power of nature. This is how we would experience the arrival of Dionysus the god.
He’s the god of many forms and inexpressible depth. He’s the violent good, persecuted god, the suffering and dying god and all who loved him share his tragic fate.
Dionysus is also known as the god who gave man wine and the world of vegetation idear to him. He’s of ecstasy and most enraptured love.
So how can it be that he is also the raving god that makes man mad, that his presence incites savagery and a lust for blood? It’s this enegmatic duality that have drawn so many to Dionysus.
Nietzsche stated that humanity without a tragic disposition would perish. To truly live, you must have a tragic awareness of life and only by cultivating this state of mind can we have genuine growth, creativity and greatness.
In celebration of the idea of the god Dionysus, work has begun. Gary Mayer is about to create a ceiling mural in the White Room at Green Kill. This mural will be open to the public at Gary’s solo exhibition opening at Green Kill this fall.
Look in your email inbox over the summer for posts which will follow the evolution of this mural.