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Station 2

Image of Station 2

…in Diamantes
Pigment print on vinyl
140 x 100 cm
Image courtesy of the artist

The artist attempts to explore the imaginings of sacred subjects through objects that embody the meaning of religion in the everyday while narrating the ambiguous distinctions between sacred and profane, commoditisation, imitation and the relationship of the believer with the ‘kitsch’ aesthetic.

The ‘kitsch’ object serves as a stand-in, despite its deficiency. As the carrying of the cross marks the atonement of sins in times of hardship and trial, the sentimentality placed on kitsch objects by believers re-enacts the episode over and over again.

The aesthetics and ethics of religious imagery are compelling and elitist judgment dismisses any genuine, meaningful or personal attachment to any object deemed ‘bad art’.  As Nietzsche stated, “to experience a thing as beautiful means: to experience it necessarily wrongly."

Biography

Shannon Calcott is an artist based in Perth, Western Australia. Her practice explores the duality of the photographic image and the legacy of reproduction by subverting found imagery and materials through the use of analogue and digital collage. Her work aims to create a sense of wanderlust by unifying popular nostalgia, false romance and artificiality concerning the relationship between the photographic print as both image and object.

Meditation

Soldiers
taking the chance for a bit of fun.
They had a heavy day ahead.
Soon they would have to put on their public face –
Disciplined, controlled, efficient.
But for now a bit of a lark with the lads
with no risk of recrimination.
Dead men tell no stories,
and Jesus was going to His death.

© Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill
Eggs and Ashes: Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week. 

Station Information

  • Year: 2018
  • Station Number 2
  • Jesus Carries His Cross
  • Exhibitor Shannon Calcott

Reading

The soldiers took Jesus inside, to the courtyard of the governor’s palace and called together the rest of the company.  They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown out of thorn branches, and put it on His head.  Then they began to salute Him:

‘Long live the King of the Jews.’ They beat Him over the head with a stick, spat on Him, fell on their knees and bowed to Him.

When they had finished mocking Him, they took off the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him.  They then led Him out to crucify Him.

Mark 15:16-20

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