Stations Of the Cross, 2018
St. Stephen Walbrook Church, 39 Walbrook, London
15th - 23rd March, 2018
A series of crucifixion themed works by 14 artists including Francis Bacon, Sebastian Horsley, Ricardo Cinalli and Paul Benney were unveiled at London's St. Stephen Walbrook church on Thursday 15th March 2018 at the opening of Art Below's 'Stations of the Cross' Exhibition.
The exhibition includes a sculpture of a life size white imperial stormtrooper from the original 1977 Star Wars film hung on a wooden cross titled 'Crucified Stormtrooper' by Ryan Callanan (RYCA).
St. Walbrook, the historic dome shaped church designed by Christopher Wren in 1672 based in the heart of the City of London hosted Art Below's 'Stations of the Cross' until 23rd March. This is the third crucifixion themed exhibition to be curated by Ben Moore in support of the Missing Tom Fund set up to find Tom Moore (brother of Ben Moore) who has been missing since 2003.
Curator Ben Moore says 'I welcome artwork that raises debate and ultimately creates more awareness towards finding my brother Tom.' On the subject of 'Crucified Stormtrooper' Moore says 'I think its symbolic that in Star Wars 'The Force Awakens' (2015) we saw a stormtrooper escape from the dark side to come and support the rebellion and the 'crucified stormtrooper' plays into the notion of forgiveness. It also resonates with the official religion of Jedi which now has 200,000 people signed up!'
Artists
Francis Bacon
Lorenzo Belenguer
Paul Benney
Ryan Callahan
Ricardo Cinalli
Chris Clack
Ben Eine
Amy Florence
Sebastian Horsley
MC Llamas
Martin Leaver
Ben Moore
Rosalie Polet
Ernesto Romano
ARTISTS TAKING PART
SOC 2018 Gallery - Artists
Artworks
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SOC 2018 Gallery - Artworks
The Missing Tom Fund
Proceeds from the 'Stations of the Cross' exhibition go to the 'Missing Tom' fund, which was started up specifically to raise money to support the search for Thomas Moore. Tom left his family home in 2003. He was aged 31 years old. His friends and family have not heard from him since then. Now 15 years on, with the support of the Missing People Charity his family continue to search for Tom. www.missingtom.com
St. Stephen Walbrook
St. Stephen Walbrook is a church in the City of London, part of the Church of England's Diocese of London. The present domed building was erected to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren following the destruction of its medieval predecessor in the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is located in Walbrook, next to the Mansion House, and near to Bank and Monument Underground stations. ststephenwalbrook.net
Artworks in Situ
SOC 2018 Gallery - In Situ
Private View Thursday 15th March 2018, 6-9pm
SOC 2018 Gallery - Private View
FRANCIS BACON BILLBOARD INSTALLATION IN LONDON UNDERGROUND SUPPORTED BY ART BELOW
At stations including Green Park, Bond Street and St.Paul's.
SOC 2018 Gallery - Francis Bacon
