Water Ant. Insect Sculpture, Marktgracht, Almere Haven, The Netherlands
It was a gray and dreary day as we visited Almere Haven and there wasn't much to lift our spirits. But then in back of the theatre whose performance of Christopher Marlowe's 'Edward II' was cancelled due to a Covid-19 illness, we came upon this floating sculpture.
It immediately brought to mind Marlowe's line 'Can kingly lions fawn on creeping ants?' That question is a kind of summary of the play, the perceived inequality of 'high' King Edward - the 'kingly lion' - and his buddy, 'low' Gaveston - a 'creeping ant'.
Anyway...
I wonder if anyone can tell me who the sculptor of our ant is?
Thanks.
Water Ant. Insect Sculpture, Marktgracht, Almere Haven, The Netherlands
It was a gray and dreary day as we visited Almere Haven and there wasn't much to lift our spirits. But then in back of the theatre whose performance of Christopher Marlowe's 'Edward II' was cancelled due to a Covid-19 illness, we came upon this floating sculpture.
It immediately brought to mind Marlowe's line 'Can kingly lions fawn on creeping ants?' That question is a kind of summary of the play, the perceived inequality of 'high' King Edward - the 'kingly lion' - and his buddy, 'low' Gaveston - a 'creeping ant'.
Anyway...
I wonder if anyone can tell me who the sculptor of our ant is?
Thanks.