Zurbaran's monks made into hoodies
By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 18 February 2010
Artist Lorna May Wadsworth's racy interpretation of the Last Supper will go on show at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London (4-5 March). The pr blurb for the display explains how Wadsworth accepted the commission, an altarpiece for a Gloucestershire church, "as expenses only, on the grounds that she had complete artistic control, that all the disciples were good looking young men, and that Jesus was a black supermodel called Tafari". "I saw the 13 [Last Supper figures] as a rock and roll band or a group of deeply political idealistic young guys," explains the artist. Another series, "Sacred or Profane", takes "Zurbaran's shadowy robed monks, recasting them as contemporary hooded youths".
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