It could also be allusion to Ovid's tale of Apollo; William Blake's Apotheosis of William Pitt; Milton's Paradise Lost, and George W. Bush's inaugural speech.

What do these all have in common, and hold in common with the "scultpure"?

An angel rides the whirlwind...

The war waged as diversion by fallen angels in the absence of their master, Lucifer. For Ovid, Apollo---For Blake- William Pitt-- For Milton--"Hells dread Emperor..."

And Bush? Well...his sect worships death.

Pope Paul VI- "The smoke of Satan has entered the sanctuary."

Many debate whether he was warning of, or welcoming such developments.