Art Stations of the Cross

Today was the final day of Art Stations of the Cross 2019 in Amsterdam. We thank everyone for their enthusiasm and interest in the project! It was great to meet you on the stations trail and to walk the path together.

(photo: Maarten Nauw)

During the Holy Week, we've virtually walked the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. On the eve before Easter Sunday, we have arrived at the final station (+ 1) with this post. Station 14: Entombment + Station 15: Resurrection.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 13: Jesus is taken down from the cross. One of the most violent depositions ever made, Jan Tregot’s The Last Days reuses an old corpus of Christ in a manner that references (..)

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 12: Jesus dies on the cross. Kyrie eleison – “Lord, have mercy” – is a prayer that has been a part of the Christian tradition for two thousand years.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the cross. We are, metaphorically, skin boats, sustained by and inseparable from a dangerously changing global ocean.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail together. Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his garments. The torture and humiliations continue. Jesus is robbed of his clothes. Today we also read daily news headlines of people being degraded in so many ways.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail together. Station 9: Jesus falls for the third time. Jesus falls a third time under the weight of his cross. And yet he gets up again. Tortured, bleeding and exhausted, he still gets up.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 8: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. The visitor to this station is made to observe human vulnerability and strength, in this case in female bodies.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail together. Station 7: Jesus falls for the second time. In these two drawings by Paul van Dongen, we see human beings in all their nakedness: vulnerable, without any concealing facade.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. In the Stations of the Cross, Veronica is the woman who helps Jesus persevere. She confronts us with the classic question: (..)

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam together. Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. At this station we contemplate the suffering caused by the slave trade, in which traders from Amsterdam were also involved.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail together. Station 4: Jesus meets his mother. This colorful installation by American artist Lynn Aldrich is made from all sorts of ordinary cleaning tools, such as plastic sponges and brushes.

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam. Station 3: Jesus falls for the first time. This installation by Dutch American artist Yona Verwer and Polish American artist Katarzyna Kozera, both residing in New York, (..)

During the Holy Week, we'll virtually walk the Art Stations trail in Amsterdam. Station 2: Jesus takes up the cross. Silver safety barriers cut through the air, oil drums are spread out on the ground like the cargo of a stranded ship, washed up on the beach: