I developed the idea as I was looking at what could support it. I feel so lucky I got to do this here and was able to go in storage and play around. |
I thought I would put it in there because you constantly see celebrities all the time in celebrity magazines and TV shows and the public almost follows them in a worshipping kind of way. While everything else in the exhibit is more spiritual or related to religion, this is a pop culture piece that I thought would show how spirituality is something that is applicable to everyday things, especially in our culture. |
It connects with the soul. People connect with the environment and their surroundings and this painter really strove to do that with the landscape by finding the peace in it. |
It's kind of fun because pretty much what they bring in here is all country acts. It's just awesome. |
The coins are obviously currency used for trade, but they have images of gods on them. |