CHARON’S STEEL STYX PASSAGE
1996, granite / steel, 17'4"h x 20'l x 6'w (527 x 609 x183 cm)

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Char·on
Pronunciation: 'kar-&n, 'ker-, -än
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek CharOn
CHARON : a son of Erebus who in Greek mythology ferries the souls of the dead over the River Styx (the black river of the underworld). The piece is a celebration of life

and through its dramatic placement of elements and there suggestive movements, speaks to the need of grasping hold of life and living to its fullest.

Charon, illustration from 'The Divine Comedy' (Inferno) by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Decorvoda Museum description

2021 installtion at TIPPING THE BALANCE  solo exhibit  at Chesterwood National Historic Place, Stockbridge MA

Signage at Chesterwood exhibit

2021 installtion at Chesterwood, Stockbridge MA

instllation at the Hyde Collection Art Museum, April 2022

part of TRANSFORMATION: The Art of John Van Alstine