Pictured Above: Crown of Glory, painted
by Yisehak F-Sellasie
Added to the gallery as another example of how African
spiritual art has been adapted in the contemporary era, this F-Sellasie
is an abstract Picasso-esque rendition inspired by Hebrews 11:1-3. In these
verses of Hebrews, the bible enumerates that faith "is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen...", and "Through faith
we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do appear...".
In this painting the crown
which abstractly surrounds the woman portrayed here seems to represent
her faith, and the quiet, contemplative face that the crown encloses is
golden, alluding to the value of faith in spirituality. Her eyes are closed,
as faith, at least in the capacity that it is described in Hebrews, "...is
the evidence of things not seen...". As well, F-Sellassie paints
the area closest to the left eye a dead shade of gray, alluding to the
section of Hebrews 11:3 which explains that "...things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear...". F-Sellassie's artistic piece both
underscores the importance of faith in spirituality and as well explains
the nature of faith, in a contemporary and abstract style.
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