Basilica
in honour of a painter
homage to El Greco
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This homage to El Greco consists of nineteen pieces, enclosing
a churchlike space in a transparent and baroque construction. Eight
of them are flat monochromes. The story of Christ is told in drawings
cut into the other eleven (curved) panels, three of them forming
the roof of this basilica - shaped installation.
The 16th century Spanish painter El Greco, famous for
his very special treatment of light, got his commissions
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mainly from the Roman Catholic Church. For this reason the Passion
of Christ plays a major role in his oeuvre.
Feeling affinity with the crucial role of light in the paintings
of El Greco, Irène Prinsen started working at a steel basilica
in which the drama and mystery of the life of Jesus forms the central
subject. Nineteen pieces, among them eleven "steel paintings", enclose
a churchlike space. The rhythmically positioned panels, representing
crucial moments in the life of Christ, take one in astonishment
to the apse. Here one meets up with Christ at the cross: an image
of great depth and dignity.
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- "Trinity"
- "Annunciation"
- "Adoration of the Shepherds"
- "Baptism of Christ"
- "Crucifixion"
- "Resurrection"
- "Descending of the Holy Spirit"
- "Assumption of the Virgin"
- "Pieta"
- "Agony in the Garden"
- "Coronation of the Virgin"
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