The Quest for the Nominal Skirt by Jam Westwood

As prophecy foretold “Immortality awaits the man who takes the nominal skirt. Even a piece of skirt will make him un-defeatable, but should he catch it in his eye for even a second, he will end his days a pig.”

So, armies of warriors invaded her island with victory in their minds and their eyes clamped shut, trying not to look up and into that golden, powerful garment. But the magic always proved too strong, one by one, peek by peek, armies of men inevitably and irreversibly transformed into drifts of vile, dribbling swine.

Glazed stoneware, slip and sgraffito decoration with 24ct gold lustre.

45H x 35W cm 

2024