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\"BloodDo we have to see, or touch, to believe? In this room faith and doubt pervade both the stories and the subsequent representation of two saints. Polidoro da Caravaggio\u2019s painting depicts Saint Thomas, who needed to touch Christ\u2019s wounds to believe in his miraculous resurrection. Saint Christopher had his feast day removed from the Catholic Church\u2019s calendar in 1969 due to lack of proof of his existence. Siobh\u00e1n Hapaska\u2019s sculpture rehabilitates the popular figure, widely revered as the patron saint of travellers.<\/p>\n

Both the painting and sculpture are life-size, naturalistic and even disturbingly real. Caravaggio and his contemporaries represented biblical stories in a realistic manner to heighten their immediacy for the beholder. Here, the uncanny presence of Hapaska\u2019s sculpture engages us in a similar way. Alongside, as if from a parallel reality, a blood-red \u2018seepage\u2019 travels down the wall. Alarming, beautiful, and uncertain of meaning, it makes us question what we see, and what we can believe, within and beyond the gallery space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do we have to see, or touch, to believe? In this room faith and doubt pervade both the stories and the subsequent representation of two saints. Polidoro da Caravaggio\u2019s painting depicts Saint Thomas, who needed to touch Christ\u2019s wounds to believe in his miraculous resurrection. Saint Christopher had his feast day removed from the Catholic…<\/p>\n

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