Love God
26.5 x 13 x 26 (cm)
Acrylic paint on fabric paper, stick, cardboard
09–24–1953
Every fairy tales ends with ‘happily ever after’ that
comes from true love. I wondered, what is ‘true love’? Are they all same? According to Plato’s love types, there are Eros, Phillia, Stroge and Agape. I sorted stories into these four categories. I then I designed each love type into gods (ones with golden rings). Eros shows kissing lips, curvy body and short duration of love. Philia is a love between friends. Tangled body symbolises shared experiences that grows love, and legs mean love can disappear when lovers get apart. Stroge is love of family. It’s sphere body means mother’s womb, and inside the sphere, it has red blood. The ribbon in the neck means lovers are tied already, and huge wings refer to hugging arms. Agape is unselfish and unbinded love. I made like sheet-ghost, and put a eye. It means mysterious and sacred love. I put these love gods in the theatre, because we are also character of our love story in four different ways.