"SISYPHEAN HOLIDAY (red-semi)"  2009, slate,riverstone,pigmented steel, 10 "h x28"w x11"d

private collection - Texas

Sis·y·phus
Pronunciation: 'si-s&-f&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Sisyphos
: a legendary king of Corinth condemned eternally to repeat the cycle of rolling a heavy rock up a hill in Hades only to have it roll down again as it nears the top

more info:

artist statement - Sisyphean Holiday Series

 

      

 

 

    

        

 

 

shown here on side cabinet by Jonathan Sweet

more info:

  visit Van Alstine Sisyphean Circle  -  2008 Beijing Olympic Commission web page