Art for Good Friday

Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised

For Good Friday, take a moment to look at Arulf Rainer’s Wine Crucifix on the Tate site. I visited Tate Modern earlier this week and was struck by this piece. (To be honest it loses a lot in the repro for the web and really pays a visit. Which makes writing this post rather frustrating.) In the back of my mind, I had hoped that my trip to the London galleries would provide an appropriate Easter image. This proved to be the slightly-unexpected fulfillment.

The violence communicated by Rainer’s painting and the way it is hung (between two similarly styled paintings to give a triptych or Golgotha-like feel) really drive home aggression of Good Friday. Something missing from many of the more traditional, realistic (and frequently serene) portrayals.

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Permalink | April 10th, 2009

One Response to “Art for Good Friday”

  1. jonnyjpg Says:
    jonnyjpg April 15th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    those are fantastic.
    i think i need to make a trip to see the real thing

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