SOL NYGIR
The Life and Art of Nygir
5/7/1966 - 3/12/2004
With Gratitude to an impassioned soul who inspired many.
May his further adventures Beyond this realm satisfy his love of intensity
Bone and metal chariot crafted by Nygir, used in the play 'Drought' at Adelaide Fringe Festival 1992 (?)
(Left:) In the early days Nygir lived in Melbourne's network of underground drains with the 'Cave Clan', his crow familiar upon his shoulder.
(Right:) Metre high copper fetus sculpted by Nygir
Nygir atop his last bus, parked in St Kilda; and his Fenris sculpture emerging from the bus at 'Autopsy Bandwagon' (Footscray)
(Left:) Nygir's dingo 'Poppy' and his Fenris sculpture, co-created with Lixa FutuRelic (below)
(Right:) Fenris being ridden down Brunswick St in the Melbourne Fringe Festival parade.
Fenris is the Wolf which eats the Sun at the end of time in Norse mythology.
Nygir with Lixa FutuRelic (and unknown other)
Nygir's head tattoo, when freshly executed by Orryelle.
Nygir's Wheel Chamber installation in Metamorphic Ritual Theatre's 3rd Labyrinth, designs for another section from his sketchbook, and Nygir industrializing Milo as the Spinner in the Labyrinth.
Two scenes from a theatrical temporary sculpture park in St Kilda
Scenes from the CARNIVALE SATURNALIA
