Longings for Salvation #1 & #2
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Conceptualized 1994-1995 as part of my study at the St. Lucas School of Art Antwerp/Belgium.
This two triptychs speak about the nakedness of man before God the Personal Creator. Man knows about his nakedness, his vulnerability. Not only in his own eyes but also in front of others and before God.
In both triptychs we see a woman laying down, going through some kind of inner struggle. Inwardly they are like "cast" sheep. Sometimes sheep roll over onto their back and may not be able to get up without assistance. If not helped up into a normal position they die in a short period of time.
Each time, the left panel pictures something of the passive soulish side of the central figure.
A bouquet of roses in the dark hovering toward a shiny horizon; or else, an uprooted sunflower drifting within water and blood.
The panels to the right however, symbolize the active side of inner feelings; their spiritual reactions so to speak.
The hands, for instance, picture a process of wrestling, the refusal to admit to feelings of hopelessness and the conscious choice to focus on the providence of the Father (as good as it gets).
In the same attitude, the sparkling diamond symbolizes the steadfast experience of hope and faith on the return of the Messiah, as the bible warrants.
About
Conceptualized 1994-1995 as part of my study at the St. Lucas School of Art Antwerp/Belgium.
This two triptychs speak about the nakedness of man before God the Personal Creator. Man knows about his nakedness, his vulnerability. Not only in his own eyes but also in front of others and before God.
In both triptychs we see a woman laying down, going through some kind of inner struggle. Inwardly they are like "cast" sheep. Sometimes sheep roll over onto their back and may not be able to get up without assistance. If not helped up into a normal position they die in a short period of time.
Each time, the left panel pictures something of the passive soulish side of the central figure.
A bouquet of roses in the dark hovering toward a shiny horizon; or else, an uprooted sunflower drifting within water and blood.
The panels to the right however, symbolize the active side of inner feelings; their spiritual reactions so to speak.
The hands, for instance, picture a process of wrestling, the refusal to admit to feelings of hopelessness and the conscious choice to focus on the providence of the Father (as good as it gets).
In the same attitude, the sparkling diamond symbolizes the steadfast experience of hope and faith on the return of the Messiah, as the bible warrants.
Copyright Artborne Erdeborn