Grain Osiris Egypt

The human's form as a field for life. We all are earthlings.

Project by Joachim Eckl
Within the series Land in Sight - Olympics

27nd of July
El Bab Gallery - Museum of modern Egyptian Art
Cairo

“Grain Osiris”: Figure of the mummy shaped god Osiris, formed of soil and seed in which the seedlings were brought to germinate. Osiris effectuated the periodic renewal of vegetation and the resurrection of the dead. The equation of resurrection of the deceased and sprouting of barley is described in various texts.