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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Glen Onwin RSA, Ascent - Descent, all is in all in nature. From The Slime of the Earth.
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Glen Onwin RSA, Ascent - Descent, all is in all in nature. From The Slime of the Earth.
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Glen Onwin RSA, Ascent - Descent, all is in all in nature. From The Slime of the Earth.
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Glen Onwin RSA, Ascent - Descent, all is in all in nature. From The Slime of the Earth.

    Glen Onwin RSA

    Ascent - Descent, all is in all in nature. From The Slime of the Earth.
    Wax and oil paint on wood (found steps) with glass and steel stand
    239 x 99 x 83 cm

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    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Glen Onwin RSA, Marble Disc. A Chamber of the Moon and Tides. From The Slime of the Earth.
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Glen Onwin RSA, Marble Disc. A Chamber of the Moon and Tides. From The Slime of the Earth.
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Glen Onwin RSA, Marble Disc. A Chamber of the Moon and Tides. From The Slime of the Earth.
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Glen Onwin RSA, Marble Disc. A Chamber of the Moon and Tides. From The Slime of the Earth.
    The artist: 'Ladders, steps and staircases have long been used to symbolise The Great Chain of Being, the now broken ordering system or scale of creation from on the lowest...
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    The artist: 'Ladders, steps and staircases have long been used to symbolise The Great Chain of Being, the now broken ordering system or scale of creation from on the lowest step minerals then ascending gradations through plants, animals, man and angels, to Deus and heaven at its summit.'
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