"Creation Myth" by Tom Otterness at Marlborough Gallery

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NEW YORK---Marlborough Gallery announces an exhibition of recent works by Tom Otterness entitled "Creation Myth" which opened on Wednesday, October 22nd and will continue through November 25th of 2014. Creation Myth consists of over twenty sculptures in stainless-steel & limestone, bronze, and marble. The works range in scale from small to monumental. In this exhibition, Otterness alludes to Ovid’s canonical story in the Metamorphoses in which Pygmalion carves a sculpture of a woman in ivory so beautiful and idyllic that he becomes enchanted by her. Upon praying to goddess Aphrodite for a bride, Pygmalion’s sculpture, Galatea, comes to life. The works in Creation Myth, however, feature a woman carving a male figure. Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Otterness has been a resident of New York City since the 1970s and works in Brooklyn. [link]