Project #3 Ideas

 Since for my last piece, I made a chaneque from the Aztec religion, I figured that for this piece I should explore something closer to me. I want to demonstrate my faith as a Catholic. Not as believing, but how I perceive Jesus. For my found object, I'm using two small glass goblets both depicting baby Jesus being held by an angel. I want to fill one with red liquid (or at least what looks like red liquid) to symbolize the blood of christ and have blood (felt) pouring from the sides, while the other cup will have wings (fabric) and water. These dual cups will represent Christ's divinity. 

Not only does this show the responsibility of Jesus, but it demonstrates his too halves: fully God and fully Jesus. Jesus is the gentler half of God, the God who embraces what it is to be human and understands what it is to sin. Jesus forgives humanity, and saves them as a kind divine being. I drew him in the center, between his role as God and his ultimate sacrifice. He contemplates himself. God is never unsure of anything, so he need not contemplate, but Jesus does because I contemplate what he is, and what he means to me. I am uncertain of his existence, and therefore my image of Jesus is just as uncertain. 

The two cups represent the split nature of the piece - an existing Jesus and a lack of him. In one cup, he is risen, and in the other, he dies permanently. Jesus, his robe (fabric) flowing across the platform and dividing the two sides/natures, looks across at his blood (and death). Th audience does not know what he is thinking - is he mournful, fearful, accepting? I'm not going to felt him a face. 

Blue is a color representing tranquility and peace. I want to have a peaceful ocean scene with low-hanging clouds to his back. On the other side there will be gore (perhaps felted) showing a mortal Jesus. Though Jesus sits in the middle (fully God and fully human) he looks and reflects his human side as I too come to doubt his divinity. No doubt, he is a prophet. Yet, did he rise? He is also quite docile, which demonstrates my own religious outlook. 

I also found some really pretty paintings at the flea market an although I'm not sure I might replace the gore with these red patterns on the mortal side. The fragile flowers would have the same effect as the marred flesh - something impermanent and fragile (delicate). It's really two opposite directions. We'll see.

I'll make the platform out of wood since I like the way paint looks on wood (plus it's sturdy)
, and I'm not stuck on the rectangle. I feel like I could make it a cross or something, but that feels excessive and might distract from the message I'm trying to get across.

Maybe a circle or some ovaloid thing.