The interplay between two-dimensional murals and three-dimensional relief work creates particularly fascinating dynamics, where shadows and textures interact with colour and form to produce artworks that literally emerge from their architectural canvas. These public art forms continue to democratise creativity, turning city walls into galleries that are accessible to all, while simultaneously challenging our perceptions of where art belongs and how it can transform the spaces we inhabit.
Jesus the Guru, in Buddhist meditative posture, at St.
Anthony’s Shrine in St. Anthony’s Friary campus, in Bangalore, expresses the
modern, inclusive inter-religious Indian Christian Psyche -thanks to constant inter-religious interactions and dialogues that is happening. This perhaps is
the result of the search by serious Indian Christian theologians and artists to
have an image of Jesus that people of India can relate to. We could call it an Indian Jesus.
Here in the shrine, this large sized relief work of serene image of Jesus
has a cathartic effect on people who arrive here with various difficulties and
challenges of everyday life. This central image of Jesus gives direction to,
scattered, and at times misdirected, personal Christian devotions to saints and
other pieties.
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