American, Philadelphia contemporary artist, Maureen Drdak's work, biomorphic imagery with biblical, near eastern, and western mythology, visual expression of symbolic duality. Its meaningful synthesis is arguably the fundamental concern of philosophy and religion. Ex Voto, her Current show, is inspired by explorations of the votive and sacrificial, and new interepation of the Killing of Lions, Assyrians bas-reliefs from ancient Ninevah in modern Iraq. drdak symbolic duality synthesis philosophy visualize dichotomies ancient religion psychology Near East matrix color symbolism Iraq images symbolic prototypes and antitypes expressive interpretation dualities and polarities composite animal and human forms drdak dynamic form archetypes Abrahamic monotheisms psychic and cultural symbolisms Iraq contemporary psyche religion paintings and drawings votive Sacrifice of the Beloved Son foundation myths Judaism Christianity Islam symbolism drdak contemporary culture Oedipus myth Abrahamic Sacrifice spiritual paradoxes Abraham Isaac Ishmael Jesus religious energies The Akedah Triptych Assyrian bas-reliefs of Ninevah The Forms of Violence Leo Bersani mythological imagery drdak Ulysse Dutoit narrative religious symbolism sensual form acrylics modern art extremities motion and stasis empathy and detachment violence and pathos sacred and profane biblical imagery dualities The Killing of Lions contemplative drdak archaic art Djinn internal visions contemporary art violent motion sacrificial animal contemporary art drawings sexual energies cosmic vision Ashur biomorphs Mesopotamian art Transmigration of Souls allegory spiritual transformation animistic forms drdak four horned altar atonement and transfiguration Lamb of God Manticores Prophet Jeremiah iconography Babylonian sphinx Israel Hero Between The Beasts Lions of Judah Jerusalem spiritual universalism Innana Assyrian art The Lion Hunts drdak