Vagina Christ
Initially inspired by a fellow artist’s painting done in primary colors with an acrylic “dab” technique, the painting was done slowly over a four year period (2006-2010). Though it is quite small (16″x20″), it was meant to resemble religious iconography with a post-impressionist feel. The medium and approach were a little different for me, I used just acrylic paint and pigment pens.
The vaginafied deity takes cues from Judeo-Christian biblical intimations that Jesus Christ was essentially a Eunuch in practice; he seems to have desired neither male or females. He was neither masculine nor feminine and was by all records asexual. The organic (or biomorphic) shapes that field the background in the composition are taken from flowers and other plants that have no gender. It is not uncommon in nature for a non-gendered species to thrive where their engendered counterparts will die off.
Vagina Christ Detail
Not visible in these images are the gold paint dabs that have been applied in thick hemispherical shapes throughout the painting. They glisten at different angles as light hits the high points. Gold was (is) often used in religious iconography such as the ones created by the Byzantines to give permenance and the splendor of divinity by the effect of light shimmering onto its surfaces. And this is no less of what this painting represents, an object to be worshipped and revered.
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