ANTINOUS MAKES IT BIG IN NEW YORK CITY THANKS TO BRITISH ARTIST ANDREW PRIOR

THIS breathtaking portrait of Antinous will be projected onto the side of the 42-story Link LIC building in New York City today, Saturday October 5th! It will be visible between 10 and 11 p.m. tonight.

British artist ANDREW PRIOR entered this and other examples of his work in the SEE/ME art competition and emerged as one of the winners.

This gorgeous image is also going to be  shown in the Creatives Rising exhibition space on screen 6 at 26-19 Jackson Ave, Long Island City.

Andrew is a brilliant modern-day interpreter of the ancient technique of encaustic style portraiture ... like the Fayoum/Antinoopolis MUMMY PORTRAITS.

His paintings were exhibited parallel to lectures by JOHN J JOHNSTON entitled Antinous: Gay Icon? at London's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology as part of Gay History Month.

Andrew practices his art in a wide array of media including works on paper, canvas and wood, DIGITAL ART, fashion design, interior design and jewellery design ... even exquisite hand-tooled Antinous shoes!

He often works to commission, but also uses the inspiration of the ancient Mediterranean for his creations. 

The Antinous portrait above was inspired by the mummy portraits of Antinoopolis. The photo does no justice to the portrait, which has gilt elements and a hand-tooled metal frame studded with coins and semi-precious gemstones.