Passion

Church of the Redeemer Langenfeld

The pictures are in the church building of the Erlöserkirche in Langenfeld for the project "Der-da-unten ... Der-da-oben" within the framework of XX. KunsTraumKirche 2015 were created.

Photography on canvas, each 100x100 cm, 2015

bound

trapped

mishandled

beaten

nailed on

crucified

it's done

died

buried

resurrected

Monastery Mariendonk

The Stations of the Cross was created in June 2013 in the Mariendonk Monastery on the Lower Rhine. The monastery architecture inspired me to create a 'Stations of the Cross' idea. The basic motifs of the individual Stations of the Cross are taken from the old floors in the church interior and in the crypt. I expanded the pencil rubbed images with a gold pastel pencil and with tea extract elements.

30.5 x 23 cm each, 2013

Jesus is sentenced to death

Jesus takes the cross on his shoulders

Jesus falls under the cross for the first time

Jesus meets his mother

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross

Veronica hands Jesus the facecloth

Jesus falls under the cross for the second time

Jesus meets the crying women

Jesus falls under the cross for the third time

Jesus is robbed of his clothes

Jesus is nailed to the cross

Jesus dies on the cross

Jesus is taken down from the cross and placed in the womb of his mother

The holy body of Jesus is placed in the tomb

Jesus rose from the dead

Ev. Church Quettingen Leverkusen - art action IT IS DONE

The art action took place during Lent 2013 in the Evangelical Church Quettingen in Leverkusen. I used paint in direct hand and footprints on jute fabric to create a Passion that does not follow the traditional Stations of the Cross structure.

I would like to thank all those who made the art action possible and contributed to it:
- My wife Inge for her deep thoughtful examination of the Passion and the translation into texts for the art action,
- Uwe Schaale for his accompaniment of the action with his improvisational music,
- Pastor Hackländer for his hospitality, his participation and active help,
- the parishioners for their participation in the art action.

600x270 cm, 2013

The crown of thorns

The last meal

The womens

Simon of Cyrene

The fall

The conviction

Holy Spirit Church in Hochdahl

The Stations of the Cross were created in an art action in the Holy Spirit Church in Erkrath-Hochdahl as part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the church on February 24, 2012. The 15 pictures are permanently installed in the church as Stations of the Cross.

I thank everyone who made the art action possible and contributed to it. Above all, my wife Inge for her deep thoughtful examination of the Stations of the Cross and the recitation of the texts during the art action.

Also Uwe Schaale for his sensitive music on percussion instruments, which accompanied and inspired me during the work.

On Maundy Thursday 2021, the station "Last Supper" was installed, complementing the Stations of the Cross....

Handmade paper 60x42 cm, 2012

"Do this in remembrance of me"
Jesus' painful farewell to the disciples

Jesus is sentenced to death
destructive clenched fist
slandered - caught - delivered

Jesus takes the cross on his shoulders
alone under the weight of the wood

Jesus falls for the first time under the cross
stumbling - fallen - crawling on the ground

Jesus meets his mother
sorrowful farewell - way into loneliness

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross
A stranger becomes a friend

Veronica hands Jesus the face-cloth
Mirror of pain and fear of death

Jesus falls for the second time under the cross
pressed to the ground by the weight of the cross

Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Comforter even in his own suffering

Jesus falls for the third time under the cross
falling to the ground - helpless - fainting

Jesus is stripped of his clothes
exposed - humiliated - degraded

Jesus is nailed to the cross
nailed - abandoned - in fear of death

Jesus dies on the cross
it is done - obedient unto death

Jesus is taken down from the cross
lifeless at the hand of the mother

The body of Jesus is laid in the tomb
Rigor mortis - grave silence - sleep of death

Jesus rose from the dead

bound in darknesses - stretched out to the light

Cross camp chapel in Bottrop

HUMAN - body
body - pose
pose - portrait
portrait - head
head - facial expression
facial expression - gesture
gesture - hand
hand - HANDS

working, speaking, caressing, helping, comforting, encouraging, lifting up ... but also:
grasping, hitting, rejecting, brutal, violent, murderous, killing

Hands are a mirror of the human soul, they underline words and thoughts, clarify feelings and sensations. Hands enable people to act, to be active, and in doing so, they can decide for life or for death. Jesus took this human path upon himself.

Involved in darkness, stretched out to the light.

C-print on canvas, each 50x60 cm, 2001