Last Supper

What is really on the table?

Last Supper, 2007 & 2026
Rock crystal, onyx, marble, wood and wax
Unique work (set of 12)
H55 x W240 x D500cm (overall)
© Mark Humphrey

“LAST SUPPER REIMAGINES THE DINING TABLE AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR HUMANITY, DRAWING ON ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST RECOGNISABLE MOMENTS OF COMMUNION, LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL. THE TABLE IS FORMED FROM WEATHERED WOOD EVOKING CHRIST’S CROSS, WITH EACH DISCIPLE GIVEN A PLACE SETTING. DUAL-PURPOSE VESSELS, CRAFTED FROM RARE STONES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BRING DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HISTORIES TOGETHER AT THE SAME TABLE, WHILE THEIR OPPOSING FUNCTIONS REFLECT THE CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN US; LOVE AND HATE, PEACE AND WAR, LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL.

BENEATH IT ALL, A CARPET OF BLOOD BECOMES THE HUMAN COST OF THOSE CONTRADICTIONS. WHAT BEGINS AS A GATHERING AROUND THE TABLE BECOMES A REFLECTION OF HUMANITY ITSELF: OUR CAPACITY TO COME TOGETHER, YET OUR REPEATED TENDENCY TO TURN AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.”

Mark Humphrey