IX: He Falls the Third Time

David LaChapelle - IX: He Falls the Third Time David LaChapelle's work,  IX: He Falls the Third Time is a chromogenic print on Dibond made in a limited edition of 7 examples and 5 artist's proofs. In the ninth station, the Redeemer falls for the last time on his journey. From the ground, Jesus sets his gaze upward, raising one arm toward heaven, invoking the Eternal Father.  With the other, he leans softly on the ground, while a man behind him helps him by supporting the cross. The man's gaze is turned toward the redeemer as a sign of care: the act of lifting the cross is a gesture of charity toward the one who is atoning for all of humanity's sins. The work  IX: He Falls the Third Time 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 IX: HE FALLS THE THIRD TIME FOR SALE ON DEODATO.US If you are interested in the work by David LaChapelle IX: He Falls the Third Time for sale you are in the right place. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any doubt or further information about the artwork