The Profane Egyptologist E3. The Art of Setken Part 2. A Kemetic Profile

Today’s guest will be familiar to anybody who’s a fan of Kemetic art or who happens to have seen the luscious artwork that graces the cover of my book Profane Egyptologists (shameless plug!) Setken describes his paintings as “Nouveau Kemetic”, “Neo Kemetic”, and “Neo Pharaonic”, as these terms speak to the ancient Egyptian themes that his work centres upon, and his contemporary, and I must say quite striking take on Egyptian themes.

This is the second part of this two-part interview, so be sure to head over and check out part one, which deals with Setken’s background and how he arrived at his Kemetic subjects. Or alternatively, dive into this episode, which focuses on the artwork almost exclusively.

Links to paintings we discuss are available in the show notes. 

I should mention that this was the very first remote ie skype interview that I attempted, and there were a couple of technical glitches. This resulted in my voice having to be cleaned and amplified digitally, so I apologise both to you, the listener and most deeply to Setken, for the audio quality on my side, but thankfully this did not affect Setken’s voice quality. Enjoy! 

 

Where to find Setken

Website - www.setken.com

Facebook page - @The Art Of Setken

Twitter - @wingedphysique

Insta - @setken

 

 

A collection of Setken’s Recent Art

https://www.setken.com/recent-works

 

Why do testicles freeze in cold weather?

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/why-do-male-private-parts-shrink-cold-weather

 

‘Cleopatra’s Needles’ (ancient Egyptian Obelisks)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle

 

Setken Painting: This Has All Happened Before and This Will All Happen Again

http://setkenblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/this-has-all-happened-before-and-this.html

 

Kemetic Orthodoxy

http://www.kemet.org/about

 

Setken Painting: Triple Sekhmet

http://setkenblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/triple-sekhmet.html

 

Her Bak

https://www.innertraditions.com/her-bak.html

 

Setken Painting: Material Immortality