Art Stations of the Cross

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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)

On this last day of Art Stations, the final Visual Meditation is posted online: about Giorgio Andreotta Calo's "Anastasis" in the Oude Kerk, representing Stations 14 (Entombment) and 15 (Resurrection). artstations.org/engage/reflect/

(Sundays: Service at 11:00, Vespers at 18:00). Free entrance for Art Stations pilgrims: show your route folder with stamp card. #artstations2019 #amsterdam artstations.org/art

In the work "Αναστάσης" the artist relates to the visibility of the absent sculptures. Art: Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Anastasis (2018). Photo: Maarten Nauw. Location: Oude Kerk, Oudekerksplein 23. Open: Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00; Sun 13:00-17:30

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.

Art: Jan Tregot, The last days (2016-2017). With Erik van de Beek. Photo: Anton Houtappels. Location: Museum Ons’Lieve Heer op Solder, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 38. Open: Mo-Sat 10:00-18:00; Sun 13:00-18:00. #artstations2019 #amsterdam artstations.org/art

contemporary acts of terror. It is displayed in the Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder alongside a Pietà from the museum’s own collection. The combination of the two sculptures expresses the pain and suffering in two opposite, yet complementary ways.

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 (..)

Art: Anjet van Linge, Ontferming (2018). Photo: Martin Waalboer. Location: Allemanskapel Sint Joris, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 100-102. Open: daily, sunrise to sunset. #artstations2019 #amsterdam artstations.org/art

Extra: Behind the windows of the chapel, two watercolors by Paul van Dongen show the emotions on the face of the crucified Christ.

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.

We are crucifying the earth. Art: Erica Grimm, Sheinagh Anderson & Tracie Stewart. Salt Water Skin Boats (2018). (photo: Sharon Huget). Locatie: De Waalse Kerk, Walenpleintje 159. Open: Thu-Sat 10:00-15:00. #artstations2019 #amsterdam artstations.org/art

The ambient soundscape, accessible by QR code and cell phone technology, functions as a living, breathing, sounding entity—the life of the ocean brought into the listener’s awareness. In the last two hundred years, human actions have changed the chemistry of the ocean.

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.