PirithousHippodamiaWedding2.0002_Backhouse

PirithousHippodamiaWedding2.0002_Backhouse

Backhousesculptures
Ovid Met.12.210-535

David Backhouse, FRBS, untitled bronze (Cyllarus and Hylonome?) in Whiteley's, Queensway, London. Installed in Whiteley's prior to 1999, removed prior to 2010.

Ovid first drew attention from the hugger-mugger of the Lapitho-centauromachy — that battle between Lapiths and Centaurs that ensued at the wedding feast of Pirithous and Hippodamia — and directed attention to the tender love story of Hylonome and Cyllarus.

Other artists to pay attention to Hylonome include Piero di Cosimo and Francesco Bertos.

Bronze statue of a centaur grabbing a man, with "Whiteleys" visible in the background

I wrote to Mr. Backhouse in 2011, but have heard nothing back. Any information as to its whereabouts? Email macfarlane.

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