Vincent Devine | Midas

Vincent Devine
Midas
Original contemporary painting

Midas takes one of the most resonant myths in Western culture — the Phrygian king whose wish that everything he touched would turn to gold was granted and then became his curse — as the subject for a work of contemporary painting. Devine's engagement with mythology runs throughout his surrealist series, finding in ancient stories the most direct available language for contemporary psychological states. The Midas touch: the gift that is also a destruction, the power that isolates, the golden transformation that makes nothing of human warmth. Available exclusively through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.

Original contemporary painting
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