Daniel McKinney American, Hongkonger, b. 1960s
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It Is Known as the “Birth of Venus”, the composition shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr, and, perhaps, Aura. The goddess is standing on a giant scallop shell, as pure and as perfect as a pearl. This impressive mythological composition is centered on the introduction of the figure of the bare-naked goddess Venus emerging from the shell drifting to Cyprus shore. It practically embodies the rebirth of civilization, a new hope, geopolitical, social, and cultural shift that occurred after the Middle Ages turmoil.
This carving, portraying The Birth of Venus has been carved from Black sapphire, sourced from Madagascar.