The Unswept Floor Artist

The unswept floor poster publication with text by curator lucy hammonds.

The unswept floor artist. The unswept floor that was shown in the photograph on wikimedia commons is actually a small part of a much larger mosaic as this tiny picture of the surviving portion of the mosaic illustrates. The second century bce greek mosaicist sosus of pergamon is attributed as having been the author of this genre that became popular across the roman empire. The unswept floor includes a survey of davis s work from the past decade bringing together a series of films drawings prints and multiples. The unswept floor is a now lost mosaic by the 2nd century bc mosaicist sosus of pergamon.

Depicting food scraps as though strewn across a floor this more modern interpretation of the unswept floor was commissioned by the city of boroondara in. The decorative theme is that known as asàrotos òikos or the unswept floor created in the second century b c. The unswept floor and doves drinking from a bowl. By sosos of pergamon and here by the artist heraclitus who has signed his name.

As described by pliny it is a floor mosaic which depicted the leftovers of a meal on a floor. Mosaic artist helen bodycomb used the idea to make an unswept floor mosaic for a fresh food market in camberwell australia. Sosos laid at pergamon what is called the asarotos oikos or unswept room because on the pavement was represented. The unswept floor is a genre of mosaic also known as asarotos œcos or asaratos oikos.

The artist has created a floor which seems to be covered with the debris of a banquet the remains that would normally be swept away. We know his two famous mosaics. International visiting artist residency dunedin public art gallery dunedin school of art new zealand 2016. Herakleitos makes the unswept floor mosaic variant of a 2nd century bc painting by sosos of pergamon.

He was from pergamon modern day bergama in ancient turkey. The mosaic was found in 1833 during construction work in the vineyard of achille lupi near the bastione di sangallo porta ardeatina see a rome art. Doves drinking from a bowl. Here the concept is reworked with modern food items and the suggestion of items which have been discarded is removed bodycomb s rendition is more of a still life beautifully worked and brilliantly executed but.

2nd or 3rd century standing buddha from gandhara is made. One can identify. These works highlight her strong interest in feminism and the role and depiction of women in society and art history. It is now kept at lahore museum lahore.

Sosus of pergamon c. Design by karina mcleod. It is now kept at the musei vaticani in rome. The unswept floor dunedin public art gallery 12 march 19 june 2016.

150 100 bc is one of the few ancient mosaic artists ever named. A mosaic from hadrian s villa now in the capitoline museums depicts a group of doves on a round bowl.