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Bread of Life     Brie Dodson, Curator           presented June 17, 2006

 
 
 

 

 
Station of the Cross #6: Veronica Wipes Christ's Face

by Gerard DiFalco
(Acrylic; gold leaf; rosebush twig; metallic thread; altered digital drawing on parchment, 2006, 20" x 10")

St. Clement's Church - Philadelphia, PA

gerarddifalco@msn.com
 

 
My journey into Spiritual and Iconographic Art began in 1992 when I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and RSD (Severe Chronic Pain Syndrome). I needed to motivated my studio endeavors with more than visual pursuits, and found this outlet in expressing Divinity in my art. I do not see my Icons as idolatry; rather, I hope these works inspire viewers to find Christ within their own lives and hearts. Also, in the early history of iconography, not all people were literate; now, even though most people read, I believe that many do not digest what they read as a result of the electronic media's prominence in today's communicational stratification. Therefore, I hope that my spiritual visual works enable the stories they represent to convey a sincere humanism.
 
My Stations of the Cross allow the modern person (children included) to view the Passion is a new light: one of God's love for humanity I also wanted to expand the viewer's Spiritual Sight by incorporating contemporary media.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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