Description
Acrylic on canvas, Klay Klassen (Egyptian, born 1977)
Title: The Journey, From The Magic Flute Series 2020
300 x 200 cm
Signed ‘Klay (front)
Provenance: direct from artist.
This painting is inspired by the opera “The Magic Flute” which focuses on the triumph of reason and virtue over irrationality and evil. “The Journey” is a visualization of the human journey in search of love. It depicts the journey of life in general and contains a part taken from Noah´s Ark. The centaur is an attempt to bring human civilizations together in the journey of life and love, for Klassen it becomes clear that love is the foundation of life.
The Magic Flute was one of the last and greatest works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a composer from music’s Classical period. The Classical period refers to European music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period that overlaps with an influential philosophical movement called the Enlightenment.
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