THE SEVEN LAST WORDS

6th March to 22nd April 2019

Viv Luxton, Forgive them for they know not what they do

Yvonne Crossley, Forgive them for they know not what they do

2019 saw the sixth Lent exhibition at St Michael's Church in Discoed: 'The Seven Last Words'

Review of the exhibition in The Church Times 29.3.19 by Katy Hounsell-Robert - ‘The Seven Last Words’ at St Michael’s, Discoed.

Guided as in previous years by Charles MacCarthy, fourteen artists were asked to respond to the 'Words' and their work was displayed around the church, making a sequence similar to the Stations of the Cross. ‘We are excited at the prospect of continuing our tradition of Lent exhibitions which have proved to be thought-provoking, challenging and also very well received’. (Read a review in The Tablet by Laura Gascoigne here).

Charles MacCarthy, “Combining the freedom and the commitment of artistic practice with questions of universal significance, raised by the figure of Jesus Christ, is I believe, a valuable thing to do. This exhibition, therefore, offers an opportunity to explore deeper issues through the medium of art and narrative.
Encouraging complete freedom of interpretation, as we always have in Discoed, resulted in a wide range of types of work, which has been much appreciated by the large numbers of visitors.
The Seven Last Words are spoken in the face of death. This is difficult and painful. But perhaps the making of something beautiful like a work of art is one way of opening it up”.

The fourteen participating artists were: Carolyn Blake, Julienne Braham, Nick Bush, Yvonne Crossley, Simon Dorrell, Nicky Hopwood, Ciara Lewis, Viv Luxton, Roger Luxton, Charles MacCarthy, Pete Mackenzie, Katie Sims, Antonia Spowers and Jane Tudge.

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