1/11/2024 0 Comments Peep show philadelphia![]() ![]() He is not mentioned again for the rest of the story. Xanthus is given the opportunity to speak, to assert his knowledge of the future, and then is immediately silenced by the Erinyes (goddesses of fate and vengeance). Xanthus informs Achilles that they will keep him safe for the moment, but his death is foretold and that his inevitable demise is coming soon. At that moment, the goddess Hera gifts Xanthus with the abilities of both speech and prophesy, allowing him to reply. There is a passage in the late Greek epic poem Iliad, where Achilles tells his horses, Xanthus and Balius, not to leave him dead on the battlefield the way they left his lover Patroclus. ![]() Schechter references objects that have cultural or symbolic weight, especially in an American context: cars, maps, houseplants, pop-culture figures. His sculptures and drawings capture brief moments of un-selfing the connection between the physicality of ourselves and the physicality of the other. Through material transformations and the collapsing of images, each of Schechter’s new works try to isolate one of his existential worries by embodying them with meaning in a context that feels uncanny. Starting in the blurred space of mythic and historical record, (the ur-continent Pangea, the Trojan War, the Dodo, family artifacts, etc), Alex Schechter’s new collection of sculptures and drawings play with the impulse to go back to an origin in an effort to augment a future. ![]() Peep is pleased to present “Despite Everything I Still Love You”, a solo exhibition by Alex Schechter. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 8 | 6-9 pmĬlosing Reception: Thursday, July 13 | 6-9 pm ![]()
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