RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

January 06, 2019

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Juan Gonzalez, "Free Fall," 1993, from the collection of Teresa and Lawrence Katz. (Courtesy of MOCRA)

We all know the story the Church celebrates this Sunday, Epiphany Sunday, but when did you last take a leap of faith? In “Free Fall” by Juan Gonzalez (1942-1992), seven men dive into a watery abyss. Like the three wise men in Matthew 2:1-12, Gonzalez’s divers confront both the promise and fear of a leap of faith. Religious iconography and Spanish Surrealist styling are apparent in Gonzalez's paintings, and this work is now on exhibit in Saint Louis at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. That is why Juan Gonzalez’s “Free Fall” is our news of the week.

NEWS OF 2008-2018 from across the USA, and around the world:

Buddhist Art of Week: Wang Gongyi, Winsor Blue at Chambers Fine Art, New York, USA [More News]
Christian Art of Week: EL Greco's "Saint Peter in Tears" (1587-1596), El Greco Museum in Toledo [More News]
Hindu Art of Week: Art of Where Removes Lord Ganesh Capris, Apologizes to Hindus [More News]
Islamic Art of Week: eL Seed Brings His Brand of Contemporary Calligraphy to London [More News]
Jewish Art of Week: After More Than Two Decades of Work, a New Hebrew Bible to Rival the King James [More News]

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