Drawings / Board 2
Crucifix
Origo
oil chalk and computer graphics
The picture shows Christ crucified on a coordinate system. This coordinate system extends in outer space. The center of the coordinate system, the intersection of the ‘X’ and ‘Y’ axes is the origin, the starting point. The origin is the beginning, the starting point of everything. The coordinate system is usually enclosed in a regular square, but I pushed the image a little higher, so the coordinate system forms a cross shape.
Outer space expresses infinite space and timelessness – that which is eternal.
I made the figure of Jesus Christ based on Velazquez’s painting of Christ.
The Earth can be seen in the background.
Perfect Balance 1
oil chalk
A two-arm, two-pan scale was nailed to the stone cross.
The scale is always in balance if there is a body or material of equal mass in both pans.
There is the same amount of liquid (blood) in both pans of the scale shown in the picture. So the two pans of the scales would be balanced even without nailing them to the cross.
The nailing, the crucifixion gives perfection, the fact that the scale can never again be tipped from its balance.
The scale nailed to the cross refers to Jesus Christ.
He is The Perfect Balance.
The nails cause wounds, the stigmas drip blood. The same amount into the right and left pan..
Perfect Balance 2
oil chalk and computer graphics
A two-arm, two-pan scale was nailed to the stone cross.
The scale is always in balance if there is a body or material of equal mass in both pans.
There is the same amount of liquid (blood) in both pans of the scale shown in the picture. So the two pans of the scales would be balanced even without nailing them to the cross.
The nailing, the crucifixion gives perfection, the fact that the scale can never again be tipped from its balance.
The scale nailed to the cross refers to Jesus Christ.
He is the Perfect Balance.
The nails cause wounds, the stigmas drip blood. The same amount into the right and left pan..
Atlas on the cross 1
oil chalk
Atlas is a Greek mythological hero, a rebel titan. Zeus, the chief god, passed a severe sentence on Atlas.
As punishment, Atlas had to carry the sky on his shoulders.
That is why sculptors in antiquity depicted Atlas with a celestial globe on his shoulder. Atlas carries the sky as a sphere on his shoulders.
Since the Middle Ages, Atlas has increasingly appeared in works of art carrying the globe on his shoulders. In the Middle Ages, he often carried a globe on his shoulder instead of a celestial globe.
This may have happened because the globe and the sky were blurred in the creators’ imagination due to the spherical shape.
Atlas was sentenced to eternal suffering by Zeus.
To carry the universe, the burdens of the universe, on his back.
So that the sky does not fall on people, on humanity.
In later depictions, the hero carries the weight of Planet Earth on his shoulders.
I depicted Atlas on a cross in the picure. Referring to the fact that by accepting the death of the cross, Christ took upon himself the burdens of humanity and the universe, and He carries them.
Atlas on the cross 1
oil chalk
Atlas is a Greek mythological hero, a rebel titan. Zeus, the chief god, passed a severe sentence on Atlas.
As punishment, Atlas had to carry the sky on his shoulders.
That is why sculptors in antiquity depicted Atlas with a celestial globe on his shoulder. Atlas carries the sky as a sphere on his shoulders.
Since the Middle Ages, Atlas has increasingly appeared in works of art carrying the globe on his shoulders. In the Middle Ages, he often carried a globe on his shoulder instead of a celestial globe.
This may have happened because the globe and the sky were blurred in the creators’ imagination due to the spherical shape.
Atlas was sentenced to eternal suffering by Zeus.
To carry the universe, the burdens of the universe, on his back.
So that the sky does not fall on people, on humanity.
In later depictions, the hero carries the weight of Planet Earth on his shoulders.
I depicted Atlas on a cross in the picure. Referring to the fact that by accepting the death of the cross, Christ took upon himself the burdens of humanity and the universe, and He carries them.
Everyone has their own cross to bear
coloured pencils and oil chalk
Everyone wears a cross. Some are visible, some are not. Some are bigger, some are smaller. But everyone carries at least one cross. There are those who carry more than one cross. There are those who not only carry their own cross, but also someone else’s.
Jesus Christ carries the cross of all people, of all humanity.
Third Eye
coloured pencils and oil chalk
The face of Christ is visible in the picture. In his eyes openness, depth, strength and love. In the middle of his forehead there is the Hindu red dot, the bindi, a sign of transcendence.
The bindi is also the tilting head of the pale crucified figure of Christ.
Eclectic - I carry my cross
oil chalk
We live in the age of symbols.
Symbols became fashionable.
While the symbols became empty.
The picture is about how different, often contradictory symbols boil into one symbol.
We, the people of today, are characterized by a mental, emotional and worldview disorder.
We organize our lives along conflicting ideologies and worldviews.
We want to be both good and bad, holy and profane, spiritual and materialistic, modern and traditional, trendy and those seeking ancient values, individualists and altruists…
Many people wear an ancient symbol not out of conviction, but rather out of fashion.
Many people wear a symbol without even knowing its exact meaning.
By doing so they deprive the symbol of its original sacred meaning.
The symbol is thus made profane, or desecrated or reinterpreted.
Many ancient symbols appear in the form of pop culture.
Musicians, fans, and people of today often wear religious symbols on themselves and on their clothes. The eclecticism of symbols characterizes the world of pop-rock and the man of today.
Rockers – men too – wear jewelry, often a cross, in their ears.
The pitchfork, i.e. the two fingers pointing upwards, is another symbol of rocker culture.
It expresses rebellion.
In the picture, I combined the two symbols, the sacred and the profane.
With this, I hold a crooked mirror to our world.
The answer
oil chalk and coloured pencils
The picture shows a solved crossword puzzle. The answer can be read from the gray-based fields.
Trophies
computer graphics and coloured pencils
Trophies are often visible in hunting lodges. I don’t like trophies. In my eyes, these animals are victims, innocent victims. To me it is hurtful and tasteless to see trophies. It is as if the hunter is bragging about how many animals he has killed. That’s what the picture is about. About hypocrisy.
About innocent victims.
The bridge
computer graphics (montage)
The figure of the crucified Christ can be seen between the rocks.
Ascension
computer graphics (montage)
Taking off into the sky.
Walks on water 1
computer graphics (montage)
Even if there is no sail, there must be hope.
Walks on water 2
computer graphics (montage)
Even if there is no sail, there must be hope.
Stigma
computer graphics (montage)
The eyes lie in the bleeding palms. The pupils form bloody nails. Tears fall from the eyes, blood drops from the palms.
Resurrection
computer graphics (montage)
The picture shows that a person is almost tearing off his clothes and shirt. The cross of Christ can be seen behind the shirt.
The hands open the way to the Kingdom of Heaven by tearing apart the garment.
The shape of the zipper forms the body of the crucified Christ.
At the intersection of the cross we see a heart-shaped cloud.
A drop of blood falls from the hands, perhaps from the stigmata.
Bleeding T-shirt
computer graphics (montage)
A drenched T-shirt is drying on the clothesline. The T-shirt features a painting of the crucified Christ. The water drops on the T-shirt drip down like drops of Christ’s blood.
If they throw you a stone...
computer graphics (montage)
An image of a riot can be seen in the background. The hooded figures throw stones and throw burning objects.
Two pigeons fly away in the sky. Doves are symbols of peace. In the center of the picture you can see a cross on which a slingshot is nailed. It is customary to place a stone in the slingshot, but instead of a stone, there is a piece of bread here. If they throw you a stone, throw it back with bread.
Third Eye 1
computer graphics
An old Hindu man is in the picture. A whole life, its fatigue, difficulties, torments and experiences are reflected in his eyes. In the middle of his forehead there is the Hindu red dot, the bindi, a sign of transcendence.
The bindi is also the tilting head of the pale crucified figure of Christ.
Third Eye 2
computer graphics
The face of Christ is visible in the picture. In his eyes openness, depth, strength and love. In the middle of his forehead there is the Hindu red dot, the bindi, a sign of transcendence.
The bindi is also the tilting head of the pale crucified figure of Christ.
