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The Invitation to the Soul -Alter Realism
This composition explores the parable narratives of the Prodigal Son and the Good Shepherd.
A reference is made to the Pre-Raphaelite painting by Holman Hunt ‘The Light of the World’
wherein the Cosmic Christ in the form of the incarnate Jesus of Nazareth invites the soul to
reorientate the Divine gift of free will to the Divine Absolute.
The Alter Realist composition is composed of elements from the Vatican Gardens and the
Arnaldo Pomodoro 1990 sculpture ‘Sphere within a Sphere’ located in the Pinecone Courtyard,
Vatican Museums. Use of the globe’s surface is superimposed on the sphere; thereby representing
the contemporary world. The sphere in its incomplete and eroded form can be seen as
humankind’s effect on the earth.
The sense of return for the soul is suggested by the sculpture ‘The Good Shepherd ‘{300 ca} taken
from the Vatican Pio - Christian Museum , wherein it the Divine that guides the soul’s return.
The Basilica cupola’s alludes to a spiritual dimension towards the return of the soul.
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