There’s something enticing about old idols. The Guennol Stargazer is a nine-inch, 5,000-year-old marble figurine from Anatolia and it depicts a nude human who appears to look up at the sky. Approximately fifteen intact stargazer statues exist, along with fragments of other stargazer figures. Like other stargazer figures, Guennol Stargazer has a mark on its neck indicating it may have been ritually “killed” before it was buried.
Figurines and idols are things that you’re bound to come across in my work.
“The Guennol Stargazer”, 2023
Acrylic on cardboard
Atelier Charnel 
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