Shaike Snir 'Why Y Shy?' minimalist is a valuable addition to

is a valuable addition to budding collectors and connoisseurs of Charles Blackman s works alike

‘On the Street (Diptych)’ instantly captivates the viewer

Jim THALASSOUDIS (1962 - )

surrealist prism

Image Size: 34 x 46 cm

Shaike Snir 'Why Y Shy?' minimalist is a valuable addition toIn Why Y Shy?, Shaike Snir explores the concept of united opposites. Native to alchemy and Ancient Greek philosophy, the unity of opposites is synthesised in the story of Hermaphroditus (or Hermaphroditos). The child of Aphrodite and Hermes, Ovid claims that Hermaphroditus was transformed into an androgynous being after he united with the water nymph Salmacis. It is from his name that the term hermaphrodite was born. For the philosopher Heraclitus,