David LaChapelle - III: He Falls the First Time David LaChapelle's work, III: He Falls the First Time is a chromogenic print on Dibond made in a limited edition of 7 examples and 5 artist's proofs. Jesus carries the Cross, with a sorrowful expression. Laden with mankind’s suffering, after being humiliated and beaten, the Son of God adjures to go to the cross. All iniquities have fallen upon him, and he carries them with extreme suffering. There are no other figures near him; only the landscape, which seems reminiscent of a modern city. The colors concentrate on yellow and ochre tones, except for the blue of the sky and the green of what may look like a portcullis. The work III: He Falls the First Time was made in 2023 and measures 20.8x15.7 inThe Stations of the Cross Series Way of the Cross is nothing more than a Christian devotional path that consists of processionally passing 14 crosses, pausing at each one to pray to Jesus. These crosses are called stations: this Christian-based spiritual path inspired LaChapelle for his 2023 series Station of the Cross. LaChapelle tells a sacred journey in a profane surrealist key, starting from the place where Jesus was condemned to death and ending with the place of the resurrection. Profane in that Jesus is in the guise of Italian musician and actor Tedua: in 2023 the rapper released his third album dedicated to the Divine Comedy, a record for which LaChapelle signed the Covers for the two parts, Inferno and Purgatorio. The Genoese singer interprets the figure of Jesus with incredible pathos, reminiscent of the part he played in Michele Placido's 2022 film, The Shadow of Caravaggio. Imbued with theatricality, the devotional itinerary is dismayed by symbolic figures inspired by the medieval and post-modern eras. However, LaChapelle repurposes the Christian iconographic repertoire in kitsch: he remixes semantic codes, drawing on the notoriety of images to provide us with new meanings related to the contemporary world. Plastic, sculpted, exaggeratedly colored, the subjects of LaChapelle's photographs reinterpret the secularized visual culture of the sacred. Thus the artist engages the viewer in his reflection on today's conception of religiosity. DAVID LACHAPELLE III: HE FALLS THE FIRST TIME FOR SALE ON DEODATO.US If you are interested in the work by David LaChapelle III: He Falls the First Time for sale you are in the right place. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any doubt or further information about the artwork
