XIII Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross
Timothy High

Vanity Fair No. 20, Vacillation Continuum (crime and punishment)

Regarding imagery, I am continuing to work with a series of serigraphic unique multiples, each of which feature a wind-up tin toy positioned thematically within a context designed to expand the conversation and ultimate meaning(s). The curiosity, innocence, and nostalgia of childhood (tin toys) provide a warm, inviting counterpart to the immediacy and tense grappling within an adult world of existential cares and concerns (material and spiritual). In my most recent series of serigraphic unique multiples, I am seeking a visual simplicity mysteriously, yet imminently able to burst into vigorous poetic flame. In this work I use the tin toy element as a metaphor for the capricious and trivial manner with which I regard the cosmic difference that the Cross of Christ affords my life and eternal future. This print is a personal reminder, for me, of my unfortunate tendency to "speed read" over the wonderful truths presented in Romans 6 and 7.