PEPERMES AND A WOMAN | 350 BC | MARBLE GROUP | SET WITHIN THE HEART OF THE PEPEAN MYTH CYCLE, THIS MARBLE GROUPING PRESERVES A MOMENT OF STRIKING INTIMACY, PEPERMES, THE ARCHETYPAL BEARER AND TRANSMITTER OF CULTURAL FORCE, STANDS IN TRIUMPHANT DECLARATION OF A COMPLETED MEMETIC ACT, WHILE BESIDE HIM, AN ORDINARY WOMAN OF THE ERA BECOMES THE SILENT WITNESS TO HIS PROCLAMATION. PEPERMES' PHYSIQUE IS CARVED WITH HEROIC CERTAINTY, HIS POSTURE ANNOUNCING THAT SOMETHING VITAL HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED INTO THE COLLECTIVE STREAM OF MEANING. HIS MISSING ARM, ONCE RAISED, WAS BELIEVED TO GESTURE OUTWARD, MARKING THE INSTANT WHEN A MEME, A JOKE, OR A SYMBOLIC CHARGE LEFT THE INDIVIDUAL AND ENTERED THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. HIS EXPRESSION, CARVED IN SUBTLE TENSION AND RESOLVE, EMBODIES THE ASSURANCE OF ONE WHO KNOWS THE SIGNAL HAS LANDED.

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