The Fountain 

Cleo Damianakes created this line etching, *The Fountain*, likely around the middle of the 20th century. The print is dominated by three female figures, each entwined with the structure of a fountain. Damianakes uses line work to create a sense of depth and movement, especially in the cascading water and foliage. The composition is deliberately ambiguous, blurring the boundary between the natural and the artificial, between the figures and the architecture. Damianakes uses line to disrupt conventional form. The bodies are rendered with a mix of solidity and sketchiness, challenging traditional notions of beauty. The figures seem both classical and modern, reflecting a semiotic tension between the traditional and the avant-garde. By drawing on classical themes and simultaneously disrupting traditional form, the artwork avoids being fixed to a single interpretation.