Project

Thaumaturgical Withdrawals

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Thaumaturgical Withdrawals, Material Remains is a series of fifteen paintings that depict erased saints from historical Christian religious paintings presenting only the material objects used to adorn them: gold and fine fabrics. A pagan magical act or a spiritual miracle? Or is it  perhaps a conscious withdrawal from a belief system?

According to neopagan writer Issac Bonewits, thaumaturgy is: "The use of magic for nonreligious purposes; the art and science of 'wonder working;' using magic to actually change things in the physical world."

Year

2015

Materials & Dimensions

Acrylic Paint on Wood
18" diameter

Credits

Installation views, mor charpentier, Frieze New York (2015)