SAINT LOUIS REVIEW
By
Joseph Kenny
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| Undergraduate theology students viewed the exhibit MOCRA: 25 at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at Saint Louis University on Nov. 27.
Photo Credit: Sid Hastings |
There’s a reason there are chairs placed in front of James Rosen’s “Homage to the Pietà d’Avignon” (1989-91) at the
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art at Saint Louis University. Jesuit Father Terrence Dempsey, the museum’s founding director, earlier explained the interfaith dimension of the artwork by Rosen honoring a renowned 15th-century painting. “I once asked him, ‘Jim, you are a devout Jew. Why do you paint Madonnas, crucifixions and saints associated with the Catholic tradition?’ The current exhibition of 25 artists honors the 25th anniversary of MOCRA, which opened in a renovated seminary chapel on the campus of Saint Louis University in 1993. [
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| James Rosen, "Homage to the Pietà d'Avignon," 1989-91. Oil, wax/oil emulsion on canvas. |
