Body of Christ August 4, 2011

"Body of Christ" is a new installation featuring two works by contemporary Spanish artist Javier Perez. The cruciform hanging of his three drawings of a head and two hands alludes to the image of the Crucifixion, while his life-sized bronze and parchment sculpture of a tree transforming into a skeleton form can be seen to reference Christ's death on the wooden cross. Perez's works are placed within the historical context of paintings and sculptures of the Crucifixion from the 12th through the 18th centuries in the Nasher Museum's permanent collection. Works range from bloody depictions of the tortured body of Christ to Crucifixes showing Christ with his eyes open, a Christ triumphant over death.