KrisAnn Ehrich

Apollyon Angel of the Abyss, is both mythological pariah and angel of light and darkness in the Book of Revelation, he appears as Abaddon, keeper of the key to the bottomless pit, this work , draws on Greek mythology to portray Apollyon, the winged reaper, in contemplative mood, burdened with the weight of the souls already claimed and the unborn whose souls are yet to be claimed.\r\n \r\n

Nijinsky Dreaming endeavours to capture the perfection of form and movement all dancers aspire to achieve. Here, the danseur is transfixed in flight, the fluidity of movement frozen as one moment passes into the next, finely poised, as if time, space, heaven and earth, might fall into the grip of his upheld palm.

The Captive began life as a response to my personal conflicts with freedom and space. As the work took form, it acquired a far more piquant meaning and I realised that despite the challenges we face in the free world, for many people elsewhere, oppression has a far harder, physical meaning. The Captive is therefore pitched at many levels, but most particularly it is for the many nameless prisoners held in dreadful circumstances in the dungeons of the dispossessed, stripped of the most fundamental rights, their voices unheard, hidden in the world’s darkest corners. The Captive strives to give them voice.\r\n