Minotaure and Goat : blue: linogravure

Description

Minotaur and Goat — Blue Linocut

by Stella Polare Artiste in Paris

A little mythology, a little playfulness, and a wish for freedom.

A meeting between my Minotaur and a goat, rendered in blue on white paper. This linocut brings together a recurring character from my artistic world and an animal companion, leaving their story open to your imagination.

Each year, I create a linocut to mark the passage of time and share my wishes for the year ahead. For 2026, Minotaur and Goat carries a wish for energy, freedom and love.

Limited to 88 impressions, this work is a small piece of my artistic universe to welcome into your home—or to offer to someone beginning a new chapter.

The story behind the Minotaur

My Minotaur grew out of my research into the French letter H: present in writing, yet silent in speech. With a head inspired by a hand making a horn gesture, this character explores questions of visibility, belonging and freedom. In my work, he steps out of the labyrinth and into spaces where other ways of living become possible.

Artwork details

• Artist: Stella Polare
• Title: Minotaur and Goat
• Year: 2026
• Technique: Linocut, blue ink on paper
• Paper: White, fine-to-medium grain, 300 gsm
• Sheet size: A4 — 21 × 29.7 cm
• Edition: 88 impressions

About the artist

Stella Polare is a French-Uzbek visual artist based near Paris. Working across drawing, printmaking, textiles and installation, she explores language, memory and belonging, with joy as a recurring thread. Her real name, Khulkar, is translated as «polare star», that is why she sas chosen the artistic name Stella Polare. Today the artist aims to transmit the message that it is «urgent to be joyful» though her art. Indeed the concept the artist is developing she called “vitaculture”, that means the joy urgency. Stella Polare exhibited at UNESCO, Louvre, she had also carte blanche at Palais Jacques Coeur in 2021, the same year 2021 she was invited to the Parole des Femmes, public talk at the House of the Great French writer, Maison de George Sand.

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