Behold! God...
dal 2/2/2004 al 29/2/2004
Segnalato da
2/2/2004
Behold! God...
John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong
A group exhibition exploring the idea of worship and idolatry. A series of paintings, photographs and three-dimensional objects that depict aspects of worship and idolatry - both religious and non-religious.
A group exhibition exploring the idea of worship and idolatry
John Batten Gallery presents a series of paintings, photographs and three-dimensional objects that depict aspects of worship and idolatry - both religious and non-religious.
John Batten says: "Some of the world's great art has been religious: executed specifically to be part of a religious ceremony (e.g. Aztec jewellery) or be installed within the design of a religious building (e.g. Renaissance religious church paintings or Greek Temple sculpture) or to be kept at home for private devotion (e.g. images of Buddha or Russian religious Ikons) and - of course - many of the world's great architectural monuments were completed with religious intent (Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Borubudur in Indonesia, Chartres Cathedral in France, Khajuraho Temples in India).
In our secular world - and in the contemporary art world - the idea of religion and of religious art is almost considered anachronistic (dictionary listing: out of date, outmoded, old-fashioned, passé, obsolete). Art with a religious context is still exhibited in our museums - but the focus tends to be on the history.....contemporary art seems to concentrate on the gods of our own modernity: consumerism, fashion, self-portrayal......In this exhibition a group of diverse artists present a set of visual images related to religious and non-religious worship and idolatry."
Image: So Hing Keung: 'China Series' interior walls
C-type photograph.
Opening Reception:
Tuesday 3 February
6pm to 8-30pm
John Batten Gallery
GROUND FLOOR, 64 PEEL STREET, CENTRAL, HONG KONG