Day #11 - Art for Lent: Sandile Zulu's "Galaxy 2" #Lent2016

ART + RELIGION
By Aaron Rosen

"Galaxy 2" (2005) by Sandile Zulu | South Africa. Fire, water, earth, and air on canvas (63 x 118 in.)

The artist entitled his first solo exhibit Fire!. announcing both the medium and subject of many of his works. For all of his canvases, including the 'Milkyway Galaxy' series, [Sandile] Zulu symbolically lists his materials as 'fire, water, air and earth', emphasizing the ritual and elemental nature of his work. [page 34]

Lent is the annual Christian preparation for Easter. "Today's Art for Lent2016" features artworks that illustrate the Christian "Battle between Carnival and Lent."