II: He is Made to Bear his Cross

David LaChapelle - II: He is Made to Bear His Cross David LaChapelle's work, II: He is Made to Bear His Cross is a chromogenic print on Dibond made in a limited edition of 7 examples and 5 artist's proofs. The figure of Jesus turns his head toward heaven, toward the Eternal Father, in the form of a prayer. Indeed, the hand gestures suggest a recollection proper to the second station, where the Son of God was taunted by the people and stripped of his clothes.  Another figure also appears to support Jesus, holding up the cross for him while he is intent on prayer. The man looks up to the Son of God in admiration, wondering about his faith, hoping it can lead him to salvation. The work II: He is Made to Bear His Cross was made in 2023 and measures 20.8x15.7 in.  The Stations of the Cross Series Way of the Cross is nothing more than a Christian devotional path that consists of processionally passing 14 crosses, pausing at each one to pray to Jesus. These crosses are called stations: this Christian-based spiritual path inspired LaChapelle for his 2023 series Station of the Cross.  LaChapelle tells a sacred journey in a profane surrealist key, starting from the place where Jesus was condemned to death and ending with the place of the resurrection.  Profane in that Jesus is in the guise of Italian musician and actor Tedua: in 2023 the rapper released his third album dedicated to the Divine Comedy, a record for which LaChapelle signed the Covers for the two parts, Inferno and Purgatorio. The Genoese singer interprets the figure of Jesus with incredible pathos, reminiscent of the part he played in Michele Placido's 2022 film, The Shadow of Caravaggio.  Imbued with theatricality, the devotional itinerary is dismayed by symbolic figures inspired by the medieval and post-modern eras. However, LaChapelle repurposes the Christian iconographic repertoire in kitsch: he remixes semantic codes, drawing on the notoriety of images to provide us with new meanings related to the contemporary world. Plastic, sculpted, exaggeratedly colored, the subjects of LaChapelle's photographs reinterpret the secularized visual culture of the sacred. Thus the artist engages the viewer in his reflection on today's conception of religiosity.  DAVID LACHAPELLE II: HE IS MADE TO BEAR HIS CROSS FOR SALE ON DEODATO.US If you are interested in the work by David LaChapelle II: He is Made to Bear His Cross for sale you are in the right place. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any doubt or further information about the artwork