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NameSalvator mundi
ProductionTony Fomison; artist; 1970; Christchurch
Classificationpaintings
Materialsoil paint, canvas, boards, burlap
Materials Summaryoil on hessian on board
DimensionsImage: 700mm (height), 528mm (length)
Registration Number1993-0018-1
Credit linePurchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Here, Christ offers us a divine blessing with puny, misshapen hands. Tony Fomison imagines the Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) as a deformed, shadowy figure.
While travelling through Europe in the 1960s, Fomison was drawn to dark, hellish church paintings in which Christ judges the blessed and the damned. This work was inspired by Antonello da Messina’s 1465 painting Christ blessing, which he saw in London’s National Gallery.
– Dr Chelsea Nichols, 2018
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