Tag: biblical
Albrecht Durer, Eve and Adoring Adam, 1510
Otherworlds: The Art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith – at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, from 13 December 2003 to 30 March 2004
Foreground: Kiki Smith, Lot’s Wife
Anish Kapoor, Adam, 1988-1989
Cain and Abel by Karl Lagerfeld, Visionaire #28: The Bible
CHRIS BURDEN
Samson
1985
Turnstile, winch, worm gear, leather strap, jack, timbers, steel, steel plates
Dimensions variable
A museum installation consisting of a 100-ton jack connected to a gear box and a turnstile. The 100-ton jack pushes two large timbers against the bearing walls of the museum. Each visitor to the museum must pass through the turnstile in order to see the exhibition. Each input on the turnstile ever so slightly expands the jack, and ultimately if enough people visit the exhibition, SAMSON could theoretically destroy the building. Like a glacier, its powerful movement is imperceptible to the naked eye. This sculptural installation subverts the notion of the sanctity of the Museum (the shed that houses the art).
Masaccio, The expulsion of Adam and Eve, Brancacci Chapel, before the restoration (left) and after it, now with the giornate (here portions of painted surface corresponding to the successive days of work) more marked.
Damien Hirst
Adam and Eve (Breaking Open the Head)
1994
Nebuchadnezzar
William Blake
1795
620 x 446 cm (20’ 4.09" x 14’ 7.59")
Ink, Watercolor
Paper
Tate Gallery (London United Kingdom)
Little Bristling Soul 