HERMES 70cm SILK SCARF - PEGASE POP
by DIMITRI RYBALTCHENKO
Sometimes I get so excited by a design and a colorway I am sure will light me up, that when I open it up at home there's no way the scarf will meet expectations. I've learned to set aside new-ins for a few days to let my brain mellow out so I can appreciate what has entered Ye Olde Scarf Drawer. Pegase Pop was one of those scarves that I got too excited about and mercilessly tossed into the re-home pile where it festered long enough for me to give it a few more chances... and *poof* the magic happens; Alice Shirley's The Three Graces is another that narrowly missed execution, and like those giraffes this flying pony has become a favorite.
I think what threw me on this was the deathly taupe background. But I thought for sure the purple hem and bright lightning would offset that. And it has; it just took me awhile to figure out how to unleash it.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
Mount of the gods, friend of the Muses, Pegasus, the winged horse of Antiquity is transfigured by the magic of Pop culture. He can summon a spring, gushing forth with one strike of his hoof, but his name is associated with storms, too - Zeus chose him to carry thunderbolts and lightning to Mount Olympus. And it is in this role that Dimitri Rybaltchenko chooses to depict the winged brother of the beloved Hermes horse, bursting out from behind the clouds in a brilliant flash of lightning. Hatched lines, bold forms and contours, flat expanses of color, dots, and explosive energy, coupled with simple, effective line. American Pop Art is a wingbeat away.
I think what threw me on this was the deathly taupe background. But I thought for sure the purple hem and bright lightning would offset that. And it has; it just took me awhile to figure out how to unleash it.
From the Hermes Story Behind:
Mount of the gods, friend of the Muses, Pegasus, the winged horse of Antiquity is transfigured by the magic of Pop culture. He can summon a spring, gushing forth with one strike of his hoof, but his name is associated with storms, too - Zeus chose him to carry thunderbolts and lightning to Mount Olympus. And it is in this role that Dimitri Rybaltchenko chooses to depict the winged brother of the beloved Hermes horse, bursting out from behind the clouds in a brilliant flash of lightning. Hatched lines, bold forms and contours, flat expanses of color, dots, and explosive energy, coupled with simple, effective line. American Pop Art is a wingbeat away.
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