Nereid is one of over 200 public artworks
to be found in Cardiff ,
and I think it’s one of the more beautiful. Sculpted in bronze and standing on a
base that may be polished granite, she’s an impressive piece that is around
183cm tall, on a base that’s 152cm tall.
Tradition tells that there were 50 Nereids, all daughters of Nereus
and Doris, but more than 50 have been named in the ancient works of Homer,
Hesiod and the like, so, like all mythology, the story is a little flexible.
This
particular Nereid has no name. She balances on a wave, above a shoal of fish,
and gazes at a seabird that has alighted on her outstretched left hand. She’s
the work of British sculptor and Fellow of the Royal British Society of
Sculptors, Nathan David, who has a long and impressive list of work to his
credit, both public commissions and private work, in Britain and around the world.
I
find some of his work rather solid and static but, as in this animated Nereid, he excels at depicting movement.
One of his most well-known works is a life-size bronze of ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, which can be found at her birthplace in Reigate, Surrey .
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