HYPERALLERGIC
By Gabrielle Welsh
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| Titus Kaphar, “Ascension” (2016) oil on canvas with brass nails, 108 × 84 × 1 ½ in. |
CHICAGO — He suffered, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. He rose again from the dead… (paraphrased from Apostle’s Creed). Even as each successive generation is raised without firm religious groundings, images of Christ still make their way into contemporary art and media as artists cite the Biblical roots of the so-called Western canon. Addressing often racialized violence, collective trauma, and ranging notions of faith — whether they be religious or spiritual — comprise the basis for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s small yet mighty exhibition, Fragments of a Crucifixion. [
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Fragments of a Crucifixion continues at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through November 2, 2019. The exhibition is curated by Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol.
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| Andres Serrano, Untitled (Knifed to Death I and II), 1992 (all images courtesy the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago) |
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| Paul Pfeiffer, “Fragment of a Crucifixion (After Francis Bacon)” (detail) (1999) |
