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![On a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian art, and so thought this an appropriate act of penance. The current exhibition, “… in the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/d4960087x-115x115.jpg "Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization")
Jamini Roy and the Lesson of (Visual) Contextualization
Posted on 09/04/2014 | 1 CommentOn a recent trip to India I visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. I confess I knew little to nothing about Indian art, and so thought this an appropriate act of penance. The current exhibition, “… in the […] -
![I often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/N-studio-2-115x115.jpg "Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality")
Artist in Residence Series: Art and Hospitality
Posted on 19/03/2014 | 6 CommentsI often paint in order to know/see what I feel. Sometimes what I feel is not only impossible to say, but also seemingly impossible to know for certain. Paint, color, texture, shapes–physical stuff–can sometimes do a better job of getting at […] -
![G. Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman. Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013, xxi + 117 pp., £32.99/$50.00 cloth. I’ve been waiting to see this book ever since I heard that it was in […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9780802871176-115x115.jpg "Review: Through Your Eyes")
Review: Through Your Eyes
Posted on 17/01/2014 | No CommentsG. Walter Hansen and Bruce Herman. Through Your Eyes: Dialogues on the Paintings of Bruce Herman. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013, xxi + 117 pp., £32.99/$50.00 cloth. I’ve been waiting to see this book ever since I heard that it was in […] -
![Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005, 150 pp., £29.50/$42.50 cloth. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition of seventeen works by Rembrandt from late in his career, held in 2005 at the National Gallery […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/University-of-CHicago-Press-115x115.gif "Review: The Religious Vision of Rembrandt")
Review: The Religious Vision of Rembrandt
Posted on 15/01/2014 | No CommentsArthur K. Wheelock, Jr. Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005, 150 pp., £29.50/$42.50 cloth. This catalogue accompanied an exhibition of seventeen works by Rembrandt from late in his career, held in 2005 at the National Gallery […] -
![Editor’s Note: This is the second post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. … /on the puzzle […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Last-Supper-1-115x115.jpg "Upper Room: Alfonse Borysewicz, Artist in Residence")
Upper Room: Alfonse Borysewicz, Artist in Residence
Posted on 20/11/2013 | 3 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the second post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. … /on the puzzle […] -
![Editor’s Note: This is the first post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. In his book Real […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/detail-Spring-115x115.jpg "Courtesia: Bruce Herman, Artist in Residence")
Courtesia: Bruce Herman, Artist in Residence
Posted on 25/09/2013 | 4 CommentsEditor’s Note: This is the first post in our new Artists in Residence series, a series intended to draw working artists like Bruce Herman, Alfonse Borysewicz and Makoto Fujimura into the theology/arts conversation here on Transpositions. In his book Real […] -
![Makoto Fujimura, Golden Sea. New York: Dillon Gallery Press, 2013, 143 pp., $100.00, cloth (with DVD). This is a lovely book. After receiving it, I walked down the path that runs behind our home here in St Andrews to the East Sands. It […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Golden-Sea_large-115x115.png "Review: Golden Sea")
Review: Golden Sea
Posted on 18/09/2013 | No CommentsMakoto Fujimura, Golden Sea. New York: Dillon Gallery Press, 2013, 143 pp., $100.00, cloth (with DVD). This is a lovely book. After receiving it, I walked down the path that runs behind our home here in St Andrews to the East Sands. It […]
![Editor’s Note: This is the third of a three-part series on the relationship between the artist and the church. The first post ran on 2 October and the second post ran on 23 October. In the second part of this […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1601-36x36.jpg "Beyond Lines: The Relationship between the Artist and the Church [Part Three]"){kind=small}
![In “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 1″ I suggested that when using art, affirming the integrity of the work is immensely important. Then, in “The Integrity of Using Art, Part 2,” I went on to argue not only that we […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-04-04-10.38.17-36x36.jpg "The Integrity of Using Art, Part 3"){kind=small}
![Trinity Sunday In the Beginning, not in time or space, But in the quick before both space and time, In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rublev-trinity-36x36.png "Trinity Sunday – A Sonnet by Malcolm Guite"){kind=small}
![There can often be two schools of thought when it comes to pastoral care of artists. The first says that artists should be treated just like any other group within a religious tradition. It should not be assumed that the […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Antigua-Artist-36x36.jpg "Lord, Give Us Shepherds: A Call for Pastors in the Arts"){kind=small}
![An issue that I continue to run into as I research the Christian church’s support of the arts is that of the quality of the art object, particularly the assumptions that artwork in the church is usually ‘cringe-worthy’, and high […]](http://www.transpositions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trans-36x36.gif "Mediocrity and Excellence: An Issue for Art in the Church"){kind=small}
