Artwork

[jagienka]

Artwork that I did for my Theories & Methods of the Study of Religion




“Broken Dreams”
Acrylics on Canvas, Mixed Media

Topic: Suffering and Theodicy

Inspired by the events of 9/11.



“Bound by Faith”
Acrylics on Canvas

Topic: Sacrifice

“He who wishes thus to progress in love
Must not fear expense or harm,
Or pain; but faithfully confront
The strictest commands of Love,
And be submissive with faultless service
In all her comings and in all her goings...

In Love, I place my salvation,
And my power in her hands;
I demand no other consolation from her
Than to remain wholly in her chains”
-Hadewijch



“Anonymous”
Acrylics on Canvas (Two Panels)

Topics: Religious Experience: Physical Dimension; Map

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's Vetruvian man, “Anonymous” is based on the idea that the human body can serve as a map and entryway to religious experience.



“Forgotten Past”
Acrylics on Canvas, Mixed Media

Topics: Ritual and Performance, Sacrifice, Religious Violence, Sacred History

Inspired by C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and the ritualistic sacrifice of Aslan on the stone table.



Taboo
Acrylics on Canvas

Topics: Psychology and Religion

A nod to Sigmund Freud and the stereotypical psychiatrist's couch, “Taboo” reflects the silence that surrounds forbidden topics such as deviant sexuality and practices of self-mortification.


x-posted to a_good_blue