AEC from the popular Ukrainian duo Interesni Kazki published today some photos of his last piece in Catania, Italy.
“Fuga di Ulisse da Polifemo”/”Odysseus escape from Polyphemus” is a surrealist interpretation of the story of Odysseus and Polyphemus, but in this case adapted to the Sicilian reality and the current relationship between those in power (politicians and the Sicilian Mafia) and between the local government and traditions.
The myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops is one of the most known Greek myths, narrated by Homer in his Odyssey and can in short be described as follows: Odysseus and his men become trapped by Polyphemus. Odysseus devises a plan, gets the monster drunk, blinds him, and escapes with his men by tying themselves to the undersides of the sheep so the blind Cyclops couldn’t notice that they were escaping, just as we see in AEC’s depiction of the myth. Another funny detail is how AEC replaces the wooden stake with a bunch of spaghetti.
“Fuga di Ulisse da Polifemo”/”Odysseus escape from Polyphemus” is a surrealist interpretation of the story of Odysseus and Polyphemus, but in this case adapted to the Sicilian reality and the current relationship between those in power (politicians and the Sicilian Mafia) and between the local government and traditions.
The myth of Odysseus and the Cyclops is one of the most known Greek myths, narrated by Homer in his Odyssey and can in short be described as follows: Odysseus and his men become trapped by Polyphemus. Odysseus devises a plan, gets the monster drunk, blinds him, and escapes with his men by tying themselves to the undersides of the sheep so the blind Cyclops couldn’t notice that they were escaping, just as we see in AEC’s depiction of the myth. Another funny detail is how AEC replaces the wooden stake with a bunch of spaghetti.
Author: Fran
Founder and editor of Urbanite. Street Art lover who after the finishing her MA thesis on the Mexican and Norwegian muralist movement in the 1920-50s, developed a fascination for street art and graffiti that eventually led to collaborations with different art blogs, including the creation of this one.
Really cool work. Thanks for reminding us about the details of the story.
You are welcome! It’s a fascinating story!
Really!
And the interpretation of it and application to the culture and politics of Southern Italy is so well done!