Reliquary of the Sacred Heart
Reliquary of the Sacred Heart is a response to what is perceived as a cultivation of veneration within historical collections of artefacts and how reverence is cultivated through these objects. Though interested in museum artefacts, this work looks into how collected objects, often of humble origin, can attain religious-like adoration through cultural storytelling and this can be applied to the creative process within a framework of the contemporary character pop surreal culture.
This initial body of work explored ideas of veneration within artefacts. The sculptural piece, in the form of a Reliquary, is dedicated to the ideals of creative exploration using the central character of an anthropomorphic sacred heart which encompasses reflections of contemporary characterised popular culture, incorporating characters that invoke anthropomorphised creatures from the pop surreal landscape and which evoke a sense of creative passion and drive within artistry and creative flow. The painting reinforces the expression of venerated characters though the continued development of the sacred artefact through depicted icons and further characterisations.
