Original artwork description:

Without exaggeration, the legendary labyrinth and the ruins of the Knossos palace on the Greek island of Crete, which was inhabited by the Minotaur, which was still familiar to me from the history of art, seemed to me differently. He in my imagination was different from what appeared in reality. Although this place is very attractive for tourists, for me it has become a destruction of the myth.
Exhibition:
2017 The exhibition "Enchanted by the Sea". Gallery "House of Music". (Kaluga)
2018 Exhibition "In Search of Color". Plyos State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. "Museum of the landscape". (Plyos)
2024 The exhibition "Tail-wind". Museum and exhibition complex "Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka". (Moscow)
Publication: Цветнова Т.Е., Салахов Т.Т., Рожин А.И. Семён Кожин Simon Kozhin – М.: Творчество, 2015. – 302 с. Page 190
Цветнова Т.Е. Семён Кожин. – М.: Белый город, Воскресный день 2016. – 208 с. – (Русская традиция). Page 160

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:
#island #history #greek #greece #crete #myth #palace #knossos #minotaur #labyrinth #legendary 

Knossos. Crete (2012) Oil painting
by Simon Kozhin

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Original artwork description
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Without exaggeration, the legendary labyrinth and the ruins of the Knossos palace on the Greek island of Crete, which was inhabited by the Minotaur, which was still familiar to me from the history of art, seemed to me differently. He in my imagination was different from what appeared in reality. Although this place is very attractive for tourists, for me it has become a destruction of the myth.
Exhibition:
2017 The exhibition "Enchanted by the Sea". Gallery "House of Music". (Kaluga)
2018 Exhibition "In Search of Color". Plyos State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. "Museum of the landscape". (Plyos)
2024 The exhibition "Tail-wind". Museum and exhibition complex "Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka". (Moscow)
Publication: Цветнова Т.Е., Салахов Т.Т., Рожин А.И. Семён Кожин Simon Kozhin – М.: Творчество, 2015. – 302 с. Page 190
Цветнова Т.Е. Семён Кожин. – М.: Белый город, Воскресный день 2016. – 208 с. – (Русская традиция). Page 160

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:
#island #history #greek #greece #crete #myth #palace #knossos #minotaur #labyrinth #legendary 
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