"SISYPHEAN HOLIDAY VI"  2009, riverstone/pigmented and sealed steel, 81"h x38"w x40"d

private collection - New York

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

   

    

 

    

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

more info:

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