Antigone’s Map
by Stephen Meade
Artist Statement
Before the Internet where the various atrocities of the world are delivered to us at high speed, I was often haunted by images in the press and in Amnesty International newsletters—images of mothers, sisters, wives, loved ones holding poster-size photos of those beloveds “disappeared” by the government, by the militia.
“Antigone’s Map” is an amalgam of these eternal iconic figures; the image of a face the woman is holding is a kind of map representative not only of the geography from where a beloved disappeared, but another universal symbol of those who have disappeared globally.
Stephen Meade’s poetry has been published in The Pedestal Magazine and Quill and Parchment. His latest Amazon release is entitled "Our Spirit Life,” a poetry/art meditation on family heritage, love, and the evanescence of time.
by Stephen Meade
Artist Statement
Before the Internet where the various atrocities of the world are delivered to us at high speed, I was often haunted by images in the press and in Amnesty International newsletters—images of mothers, sisters, wives, loved ones holding poster-size photos of those beloveds “disappeared” by the government, by the militia.
“Antigone’s Map” is an amalgam of these eternal iconic figures; the image of a face the woman is holding is a kind of map representative not only of the geography from where a beloved disappeared, but another universal symbol of those who have disappeared globally.
Stephen Meade’s poetry has been published in The Pedestal Magazine and Quill and Parchment. His latest Amazon release is entitled "Our Spirit Life,” a poetry/art meditation on family heritage, love, and the evanescence of time.