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"In the large video projection "Pietà," the artist Sam Taylor Wood labors to support the draped body of Robert Downey Jr. Why him, one might ask, and for that matter, why her? Why ask, is the likely reply. Taylor-Wood has appropriated widely in the past-from Atlas to Roman orgy scenes (updated to the present day) to Hollywood movies. Here, as elsewhere in her work, surface registers of emotion and physical distress take the place of narrative. The pietà becomes an icon of exhaustion and distress, in her hands." -source link here.
Pieta
Michelangelo
1498-1499
Marble
68.5 inches x 76 inches
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Subject: Jesus and Mary, Mother of Jesus
Classical Beauty, Naturalism, Youth
Commissioned by a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
pee-ay-taa
Italian - pity, passion
Images (sculptures, paintings) used as visual aids for prayer and contemplation.
Illustrate the narrative of scripture.
Icon for distress and despair.
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