The sun rises and sets and rises again, gem-like constellations revolve in the heavens, and from the soot and the seed, universes upon universes are born and born again. Arman Suciyan’s debut collection contains within itself the kernel of every genesis myth: a spirit who makes the first beginning begin, setting the cycle of life in motion.
Within Suciyan’s sinuous forms and impossibly intricate detail lie the stories of the Phrygian Kybele, Babylonian Mylitta, Ancient Egypt’s Isis, or the Greek and Roman Persephone. His goddess has the power to bring life to any dead planet on which she alights and to leave her fecund essence to reside there for millions of years to come. When this heroine visits the Earth, she assumes the forms of birds that manifest her genius: the crane, the heron, the owl, the phoenix. This jewel-encrusted collection follows her evolution from a pure, elongated droplet into feathers and supple necks: sharp and soft, sublime and simple, motionless and a blur of motion, introducing a measure of order into primordial chaos.
In the future, Suciyan will transform various stages of the goddess' creation saga into the foundation for episodic collections based on the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water.