Postmodern Icons

Religious Icons are some of the most important images in Eastern Christian traditions-- but what would a contemporary, Postmodern Icon look like? This video explores the background behind my latest series of paintings, and hopefully provides a small window into the rich history of Christian iconography.

This video covers the first three paintings in a series (that I will hopefully continue) called "Postmodern Icons." In this series, I take religious icons (specifically, images of Christ) from various cultures and eras of art history throughout the Christian world, and unify them through my own reimagining. I recreate these images as pop art portraits in the style of Andy Warhol (who was a somewhat devout byzantine catholic, despite also having one of the largest collections of gay pornography on record. THE GUY WAS FASCINATING!)

Sources/ Further Reading:

How Icons are used in contemporary religious rituals:

https://anglicancompass.com/are-icons-okay-to-use-in-prayer-and-worship/#:~:text=Sometimes%20this%20is%20for%20personal,not%20to%20the%20depiction%20itself.

Andy Warhol and Faith:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/andy-warhols-religious-journey

The Mogao Christian Painting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogao_Christian_painting

Christ Pantocrator (Sinai):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Pantocrator_(Sinai) The

Intaglio (Engraved Gemstone) in the British Museum:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1986-0501-1#object-detail-data