Belgian Christian Pillows

Description: A fierce and unsettling reinterpretation of James Ensor's Man of Sorrows (1891), transforming the Belgian expressionist's disturbing vision of Christ into a bold, monumental linocut. Crowned with thorns, bloodied and confronting the viewer with an almost grotesque expression, Christ emerges against a fiery vermilion background. Antique gold, pale flesh, rust-red hair and striking blue eyes preserve the original painting's distinctive colour relationships. Combining Christian iconography, expressionist distortion and the macabre, this artwork explores suffering, sacrifice and the uneasy boundary between the sacred and the grotesque.