RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
There are few major prizes for contemporary religious art, but we think the biggest is the Mandorla Art Award in Australia. This week, our art of the week is the 2018 winner of the $25,000 award– “God is in the House” by Mikaela Castledine. The theme for this year’s bi-annual competition is “A new heaven and a new earth” taken from Rev. 21:1-2. The Australian artist created a “sacred city” of ready-made glass objects and ceramic towers. It also has turrets topped with crochet domes. We modeled our far more modest award, Alpha Omega Prize after this award, and we invite you to sign-up today to vote this Fall for the 2018 winner.
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
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| "God is in the House" by Mikaela Castledine, winner of the Mandorla Art Award. |
- Buddhist Art of Week: Documentary captures a community of Japanese sculptors create intricate wooden replicas of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. [More News]
- Christian Art of Week: Fabian Bürgy's quiet and unsettling quality to the digital work explores the theme, "Jesus Blesses the Children." [More News]
- Hindu Art of Week: Olivia Fraser gives Indian miniatures a contemporary twist in her exhibition ‘The Lotus Within’ in London. [More News]
- Islamic Art of Week: Rare objects including a Jammu-based Hindu trader’s private collection of rare Korans on display. [More News]
- Jewish Art of Week: "Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s" which closed on May 28 New York’s Neue Galerie. [More News]
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