Jonas Ranson
Work in progress for Celestial Contrakt .
*Apotropaic ( Working title )
Screenprint on mirror
test October 2009
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“Apotropaic” is an adjective that means “intended to ward off evil” or “averting or deflecting evil” and commonly refers to objects such as amulets or other symbols. The word is of Greek origin: apotrope literally means “turning away” or averting (as in “averting the evil eye“). The Greeks propitiated the chthonic “Gods of Aversion”—the apotropaioi.
