The Suffocating Man by Jesse Berlin

Sculpture by Jesse Berlin For Sale

  • Title: The Suffocating Man

  • Artist: Jesse Berlin

  • Category: Sculpture

  • Medium: porcelain, acrylic, wood base

  • Size (inches): 24x13x13

  • Year: 2018

  • Edition: Limited Edition

  • Total no. of copies: 1

  • Shipping from: United States

Price: $2500

Artwork description

The first time I saw a depiction of the crucifixion, I as 5 or 6. I knew nothing of Christian mythology, but I was drawn to the raw aesthetic power of the violence and the dynamic anatomy therein . Coming from a non-religious background, I’ve often felt drawn to the iconography of Christian martyrs for this same reason. In my own work I often dream up new agonies for anonymous martyrs in a secular context. When the religiosity of these passions is stripped away, one can contemplate the sublime beauty of the human body so rigorously manipulated.

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