Irish Blue Limestone and Corten Steel
Each ⌀ 3m with a depth of approx. 1.8m
Known as ‘The Phantom Queen’ and worshipped since the Copper Age, 5000 BC, The Morrígan is an incredibly powerful figure and one of the earliest triadic deities; three separate persons in one.
Both feared and worshipped in Irish mythology, the ancient entity is complicated and impossible to define. Embodying beauty and power, she represents many of the elements we grapple with in today’s inconstant world; the contrasting trio of sovereignty & fate, war & death, rebirth & hope.
The Morrígan represents Earth and the battles we individually and collectively fight upon her, ever evolving she is bolder and more powerful, symbolic of her ability to empower her indeterminate victors. Luke Alen-Buckley’s portrayal is a triptych of massive Irish blue limestone glacial erratics, held within three metre steel rings. The faces of the stones have been carved and polished to evoke the subject’s disconcerting and shape-shifting nature.
Positioned in the grounds of Nevill Holt, Leicestershire, the work sits on the compass point of the rising summer solstice sun, welcoming the dawn.
