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