The Saint Suppressed by Ornaments #1 2018 oil and acrylic on canvas 194X156cm
Objects and images are fundamental for concretizing and materializing the ideas that form a religious system, to which meanings are added and the feelings of what they represent are directed. As for Christianity, such symbols - saints, angels, the Bible, the cross, among others - are typically presented with a cornucopia of ornaments. The purpose of this combination is that the whole is able to cause feelings such as celebration, worship, sublimeness.
Although the main characteristic of ornaments is aesthetics, their importance in the religious context goes beyond their decorative function, as they are capable of presenting and defining the value of the symbol they ornate, as well as conducting themselves the narration of the religious context.
The series A Supressão do Santo pelo Ornamento (“Saint Suppressed by Ornaments”) comprises paintings and drawings where the images of saints in retables and altarpieces are replaced with other ornaments, so that the composition is overwhelmed by a semantic whole whose dimension relates directly to the memory and values of the Christian culture.
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