"Adieu Jesus" Acryl auf Leinen
160cm x 230cm
"Adieu
Jesus" Acryl on canvas 160cm x 230cm
Triptych like a cross with three symbolic elements:
From right to left:
1) - "Escape from Egypt"
2) - "The Temptation"
3) - "The Crucifixion"
The development of an idea is often a long process which hardly
happens on paper.
The idea is sometimes final an either I fix it in that way on canvas
or it is followed by a process of development which happens in my
head.
Concerning "Adieu Jesus" there have been 3 stages: first
"The Escape from Egypt" which originally was supposed
to be a single picture. This painting remained unfinished for a
long time until "The Crucifixion" became finished. Because
I meanwhile had the idea of a crucifix. I have chosen that kind
of triptych. Then I had to decide which focal points could be taken
when Jesus´ life should be represented. I already had found
two contents "The Escape" and "The Crucifixion"
of which I personally think they are decisive. The only other which
could come into question was "The temptation in the desert".
This period of time made Jesus become Christ, God´s son. I´m
no theologian but I´m in touch with these 3 periods very much.
The painting
tells no story. It is at the same time a door as well as a mirror.
Reflections about Christ offer the viewer of the painting the possibility
to search for himself and probably to find himself.
Technically
seen the painting was the shape of a cross but it also represents
the symbol of eternity. That´s the reason why there´s
a shifting from right to left. The cross is not only the symbol
of pain - left side (colour of English red -> blood) and of death
(colour black = extincted things => the silence of the body after
death, the conclusion of live on earth) but also the symbol - right
side of live (colour white = nothing which is before the beginning
or birth). A world where all material attributes have gone but all
kinds of live are possible. And hope (colour emerald = silence and
reflection with a touch of indifference makes the preparation for
the future possible).
The middle part is represented by the colour of blue (colour ultramarine
= it takes mankind over to eternity and wakens the longing for the
pure and transcendental).
This also becomes clear by the contrast of the shown figures: first
- at the bottom - the charmelle temptation , than - at the top -
the spiritual temptation.
Robert Mercier
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