Sunday, September 18, 2016
Satan in Art and Images
‘Lucifer’ (Morningstar) …Paul Fryer, 2008
"The Holy Trinity Church in Marylebone, Westminster, built specifically to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon, hasn't been used as a place of worship since the 30's, but that didn't stop artist Paul Fryer from making a religious statement by hanging this terrifying statue of Satan inside.
The piece, titled "Lucifer (Morningstar)" is a wax sculpture depicting the devil snared in a set of power lines. The statue is equal parts grotesque and beautiful, showing Lucifer as an oily, black creature with immense white wings (created from real feathers). Even creepier in the fact that it's lit via the church's stained glass windows, an ironic juxtaposition that won't be lost on many."
Greg Newkirk at Roadtrippers
New York
Original Penn Station, NYC Station Waiting Room from North West. Designed by the firm McKim, Mead and White. Photographed by Cervin Robinson in 1962
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