Exchange No. 8

Description

Ron Richmond, 2004

In the 20th and 21st centuries, conceptual works have supplemented more traditional renderings of the Savior by focusing on ideas, rather than on objects or narrative representations. Often the figure of Christ is not even present in these works; signs and symbols replace the human form as in this painting by Ron Richmond. Especially considering the position and relationship of the chairs as well as  the emblematic, intense colors, Exchange gives the viewer an opportunity to meditate on the manifold roles of Christ as Advocate, Judge, Intercessor, and Resurrected Savior.