Thursday 4 October 2012

Lie Down in the Temple & Sleep

Lie Down in the Temple & Sleep

(2011)

oil on canvas


Following the original Surrealist pursuit of expressing the uncovered psyche, ‘Lie Down in The Temple & Sleep’ refers to the Hebrew prophet Samuel who would “lie down an
d sleep in the temple at Shiloh before the Ark and receive the word of the Lord.” Illustrating the connection Ancient Hebrews held between dreams and religion; and their belief that incubating dreams would deliver divine inspiration.
 
 

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