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Reliquaries &
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Jason Lanegan
June 1 - July 30, 2007
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On Sunday April 27, 2003 I
entered and wandered about the Basilica di S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, Italy, and found
the treasury, a small room with what appeared to be six beautiful sculptures on an altar.
As I approached the altar I quickly discovered that the sculptures were in fact
reliquaries, containers for sacred relics. The items within these reliquaries were not
difficult to recognize: a nail, two thorns, some shards of wood, small human bones, and
what appeared to be old cloth. Clearly there was something that made these objects
different and worth this type of presentation and veneration.
From this experience I embarked upon a body of work that explores how meaning and value is
transferred to the viewer. In using a reliquary format, objects are displayed so that a
sense of history is implied. Regardless of whether the items displayed are an array of
mundane found objects or a hand crafted pseudo-relic, the viewer is enticed to find
significance. In creating each piece, I allow my interests in art history, paleontology,
archaeology, and anthropology to influence me. Like a parable, the work is purposefully
layered allowing for a variety of reading. Thus, like the encounter I had when observing
reliquaries in Rome, the viewer is left to question what makes these things important.
Jason Lanegan
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Younger Brother, 2007
Mixed Media w/ Resin
14" x 7" x 4.5"
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Uninvited
Guests, 2006
Mixed Media w/ Bronze &
Cigar Box
14" x 7" x 4.5" |
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My
Three Friends, 2004
Mixed Media w/ Bronze &
Cigar Box
17" x 6" x 3.5" |
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Sick
Day, 2004
Mixed Media w/ Resin
34" x 18.5" x 5" |
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Relique
Americana:
Piece of a True Barbie, 2007
Mixed Media w/ Aluminum
22" x 9.5" x 9" |
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Amulet
of Boo, 2005
Mixed Media w/ Soapstone &
Basswood
16" x 8" x 6" |
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Alexia's
Bobble, 2006
Mixed Media w/ Soapstone
& Poplar
11.75" x 7.5" x 5" |
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Window
Breakers, 2004
Mixed Media w/ Bronze &
Cigar Box
27.5" x 11" x 7.5" |
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Relique
Humerus, 2005
Mixed Media w/ Alabaster
& Bronze
7" x 18" x 12" |
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Reliquary
for the Book of Job, 2007
Mixed Media w/ Gilded Aluminum
23" x 9.5" x 11" |
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Reflections
on Extinction, or
Sunday Afternoons with Dad, 2005
Resin w/ Painted Wood Frame
49.5" x 25" x 3.5" |
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Valere
Iubere Academia, 2003
Mixed Media w/ Plastic
30" x 14" x 11" |
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Annika's
Charm, 2006
Mixed Media w/ Alabaster
& Eucalyptus
11.75" x 7" x 4.25" |
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Feleis
Matris, 2005
Mixed Media w/ Bronze
5.25" x 9.5" x 5" |
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Relique
Americana:
Piece of a True Oscar Meyer, 2007
Mixed Media w/ Alabaster
6" x 14" x 9" |
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Reliquary
for Great Aunt Ruth, 2007
Mixed Media w/ Cast Iron
30.5" x 9" x 9" |
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Reliquary
for Grandpa, 2007
Mixed Media, Found Objects
17" x 10.75" x 4" |
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Relics
of Childhood, 2005
Mixed Media w/ Plastic
31" x 9.5" x 7.25" |
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