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Where does our service lie?: The Christian Artist and the Church (Part 2)
Posted on 17/07/2010 | 6 CommentsLast week I brought up the topic of how we might think about the relationship of the artist to the church, raising some questions about the nature of both “Christian art” and the artist’s sense of membership with the church.... -
6 Times in Edinburgh
Posted on 08/07/2010 | 4 CommentsIf you happen to take a stroll along the Leith Walk in Edinburgh, look out for the man in a pink bikini. Antony Gormley has just recently released his latest art installation, 6 Times. The artist has placed 6 figures... -
Playing the Kingdom of God
Posted on 05/07/2010 | No CommentsLast week, I wrote a post on Buren’s Columns, and I said that this installation of striped pillars in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal has something to add to the way that Christians think about and practice church. Now it... -
Christianity, Creation, and Art
Posted on 03/07/2010 | No CommentsFor the poet, essayist, and farmer Wendell Berry, people’s relationship with land and community is of utmost religious significance. This is especially important as it regards the Christian religion, which takes as one of its central points the fact that... -
Deadly Theatre and a Plea for Creativity
Posted on 30/06/2010 | No CommentsImagine yourself sitting in a theatre waiting for a play to begin. The lights dim, the curtain is pulled, and the first actors emerge on stage and start to deliver their lines. The first thing you notice is that although... -
The Calling of Christian Artistry: A Quick Look at Howard Finster
Posted on 26/06/2010 | No CommentsWhen I lived in Atlanta, I would keep a membership to the High Museum of Art, that way if was ever bored in the city, I could just drop in any time and explore. One of my favorite parts of... -
Shouting over the Thunderstorms
Posted on 24/06/2010 | No Comments‘There is another danger…that of talking baby language. To see the way some of our best church and cathedral builders decorate their work with nursery emblems, golden stars, chubby Christmas angels, lilies, lambs and shepherds, insipid sculptures and paintings of...
