José María Cano | Francisco de Zurbarán
APOSTOLATE
PEDES IN TERRA AD SIDERA VISUS
The tradition of forming groups of images of apostles, which originally stems from Medieval book illustration, may also be traced to sixteenth-century books of engravings in which each figure is accompanied by a line of the Apostle’s Creed. Artists of the Spanish Golden Age, such as Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652), depicted these figures as common, even rough, folk. Indeed, five of the apostles (Peter, Andrew, James, John, and Philip) were humble fisherman from the town of Bethsaida, on the Sea of Galilee.
APOSTOLATE
PEDES IN TERRA AD SIDERA VISUS
The tradition of forming groups of images of apostles, which originally stems from Medieval book illustration, may also be traced to sixteenth-century books of engravings in which each figure is accompanied by a line of the Apostle’s Creed. Artists of the Spanish Golden Age, such as Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652), depicted these figures as common, even rough, folk. Indeed, five of the apostles (Peter, Andrew, James, John, and Philip) were humble fisherman from the town of Bethsaida, on the Sea of Galilee.
In this contemporary take on the “apostolate,” José-María Cano cites the significance of the number twelve: “as the twelve tribes of Israel and the zodiac signs. Twelve is not just any number. It relates the sun, the moon and the Earth. It is the number of lunar cycles that occurs when the Earth goes around the sun.” In this resin series, begun in 2015 and completed in 2019, Cano offers a present-day collection of portraits of ordinary men, who become extraordinary in his paintings.
Curator
Rosa Martínez
OPENING
November 21st | 18h00
Curator
Rosa Martínez
OPENING
November 21st | 18h00