The exhibition in this historic church designed by Christopher Wren in 1672 will feature crucifixion themed work by 14 artists including Francis Bacon, Paul Benney, Ricardo Cinalli, Sebastian Horsley and Ben Eine.

 

It has become an annual feature of Art Below that every year in the run up to Easter we feature ‘Stations of the Cross’ in some form or another.  

 

Last year we showcased crucifixion themed works by Francis Bacon on billboard space at Green Park and St.Paul’s tube station.  Bacon often referenced the crucifixion in his art to embody life’s horror as he could not find a subject as valid to embrace all the nuances of human feelings and behaviours.

 

In 2015 we featured ‘SOC’ at St.Marylebone which included a life-size body cast of Pete Doherty nailed to a cross entitled ‘For Pete’s Sake’ and attracted media attention worldwide - see here 

 

The First Stations of the Cross Exhibition took place at St.Marylebone 6th March - 17th April 2014 and on billboard space across the London Underground and included work by artists Antony Micallef, Mat Collishaw, Polly Morgan, Paul Fryer and Bran Symondson - see here. 

 

As with all the 'Stations of the Cross' exhibitions there is a good cause at the route of its foundation which is to raise funds  for The Missing Tom Fund. The exhibitions curator and participating artist Ben Moore, with the support of his family and the Missing People Charity, set up the Missing Tom Fund in 2013 to raise money for the search for his older brother Tom (b.1971) who has been missing since 2003. www.missingtom.com 

 

See you at St.Stephen!