Risen Catalogue - Monnow Valley Arts Centre

23Marzia Colonna(born 1951)Small CrucifixBronze on Perspex stand, 20.6 cm highSigned and numbered 1/12A preliminary design for the Salisbury Cathedral Crucifix commission installed in 2002Marzia writes:Every decision, every chip off the sculpture or rip of the paperin the collages follows a language that I have developed totranslate how I feel…. What I am saying is: this is how it felt atthat moment. So I follow my instincts and trust them. My lifehas been and is full of fantasy, embracing often the impracticalto follow an ideal.This small bronze maquette was a 3D sketch for theSalisbury Cathedral paper Christ. The arms can be seen bothas carrying the weight of the dead Christ and as stretchedupwards in a symbol of the Ascension.44Paper and woodmaquette of theSalisbury Christ.153 × 60 × 12.5 cm