STATION NUMBER FOUR Assemblage By Jerry Di Falco

Year:

Medium:

Assemblage

Size - (USA):

10 W x 20 H x 1.5 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

25.4 W x 50.8 H x 3.8 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Christian

Edition:

14

Artwork ID:

381922

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

Station number FOUR is entitled, CHRIST MEETS HIS MOTHER ON THE WAY TO CALVARY. This wall assemblage was executed in mixed media on stretched canvas. Christ encounters his mother Mary, whose Hebrew name is Miriam, on the road to Calvary. I chose to focus on a close-up of Marys face by digitally altering a color photograph that depicts a painted work by Albrecht Durer. I represented Christ here as digitally altered photographs of a developing fetus. I did this to emphasize a possible thought that Mary had while seeing her grown son at this moment. I felt that she might remember him as a seed within her womb. Her heart is broken as she studies her beautiful son covered in blood, dirt, and bruises. I actually envisioned Marys delicate heartbeat stopping momentarily by this shock. Therefore, I employed two ribs from a baby deer to represent her heart. Moreover, I used a circuit board to represent our bodys ability to restart our shocked heartbeats, even during times of trauma and shock. . . during the times when we feel utterly dead. I stitched a tall triangle of gold metallic thread over this circuit board to symbolize sacred geometry and Triune aspects of God. My media include bones, 24 karat gold metallic thread, acrylic polymers acrylic paint gloss acrylic gel digitally altered photographs of a painted detail by Albrecht Durer, Kodak gloss paper, hand tinted silver print, black and white photos painted over with gold acrylic, found object, and, canvas stretched over wood frame. Note Bones were found in the Wissahickon Valley, which is a nature preserve area in the City of Philadelphia. No animals were harmed or killed for the artist to obtain natural artifacts, which were found in their natural state.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Assemblage

Materials:   Assemblages