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I went to London to visit the travelling exhibition of Cimabue's
painting of the Crucifixion - the painting had recently been restored
after the Florentine flood. After seeing the harmony, serenity and
beauty of the work, I greatly admired the artist. But I also knew that
in my own painting I would have to capture something of the way in
which Christ is crucified again for every generation. I knew that the
crucifixion of Christ was not a passive act. It was a brutal act and
it is one that shows the lengths to which individuals and groups of
individuals have gone and will go. I therefore decided not to paint the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but to paint a Crucifixion of Everyman. Thus the 'Victim' on my Cross is anyone who is a victim in our society. |
