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Polyphemus in Four Moods

"Then from out the cave the mighty Polyphemus
answered them: 'My friends, it is Noman that
is slaying me by guile and not by force.' "
                    ~ Homer's Odyssey, Book 9

"Polyphemus in Four Moods" is a generative art piece exploring how randomized color can effect design and composition. The generation of the series was done on FXHash.xtz

https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/polyphemus-in-four-moods 

In Greek mythology Polyphemus was a one-eyed giant, a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon and Thoosa. In the Odyssey, he battles Odysseus and is blinded by the hero.

Polyphemus was a monster - a man eating, one-eyed giant - but was there more to his story? Odysseus and his men did trespass and eat his food. They went on their adventure looking for "monsters" to kill, and they found them. But "monster"? If you mess with a snake and it bites you, you don't blame the snake do you?

Maybe there's more to these characters. Like us, maybe they have (or had) lives and just wanted to be left alone.

50 editions, randomly generated in three variations:
 - No inner frame
 - Inner frame
 - Inner frame with artist's signature (rare)

=> Polyphemus 1 | Polyphemus 2 | Polyphemus 3 | Polyphemus 4 (framed) | Polyphemus 5 | Polyphemus 6 | Polyphemus 7 | Polyphemus 8 | Polyphemus 9 | Polyphemus 10 | Polyphemus 11 | Polyphemus 12 | Polyphemus 13 | Polyphemus 14 (framed) | Polyphemus 15 | Polyphemus 16 | Polyphemus 17 | Polyphemus 18 | Polyphemus 19 | Polyphemus 20 | Polyphemus 21 | Polyphemus 22 (signed) | Polyphemus 23 (framed) | Polyphemus 24 | Polyphemus 25 (signed) | Polyphemus 26 | Polyphemus 27 (framed) | Polyphemus 28 (signed) | Polyphemus 29 | Polyphemus 30 | Polyphemus 31 | Polyphemus 32 | Polyphemus 33 | Polyphemus 34 | Polyphemus 35 (signed) | Polyphemus 36 | Polyphemus 37 | Polyphemus 38 | Polyphemus 39 (framed) | Polyphemus 40 (framed) | Polyphemus 41 (framed) | Polyphemus 42 | Polyphemus 43 (framed) | Polyphemus 44 | Polyphemus 45 | Polyphemus 46 | Polyphemus 47 (framed) | Polyphemus 48 | Polyphemus 49 (framed) | Polyphemus 50