Scenes of The Passion: prints by Dürer and Wiszniewski
The Crucifixion and Passion of Christ is a centuries-old subject. This display contrasted two series of prints, one old and one contemporary, that tell the story of the final events in Christ's life.
The celebrated German painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer transformed the narrative and expressive potential of printmaking. The twelve woodcuts of his Large Passion series, published as a book in 1511, are a vivid and animated rendering of the Gospel story.
The series of linocuts by the modern Scottish artist Adrian Wiszniewski show the Stations of the Cross - a cycle of images used in the Roman Catholic Church for devotion and meditation. The Stations represent points along the Via Dolorosa (Christ's road to the cross), from the place where Christ was condemned to the site of his tomb.
The Stations of the Cross were commissioned by Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, in partnership with the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and the Council for the Care of Churches to celebrate the second millennium of Christianity in the year 2000.
Further works by Adrian Wiszniewski can be seen on the Glasgow Print Studio website.
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