SECOND COMING

Can we be reborn?

Second Coming, 2014
Onyx
Unique work
H300 x W200 x D200cm
© Mark Humphrey

COLLABORATOR
Pietrasanta Cultural Institute

“SECOND COMING EXPLORES IDEAS OF FAITH, REBIRTH, PURIFICATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWAL. HAND-CARVED FROM ONYX, THE WORK CENTRES ON AN ILLUMINATED WASHBASIN SURROUNDED BY TEXTURED STONE SCREENS, CREATING AN ENCLOSED SPACE THAT RECALLS A SACRED CHAMBER.

THE WARM LIGHT WITHIN THE ONYX EMANATES FROM THE CENTRE, SUGGESTING HEAVENLY LIGHT AND THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST. THE WASHBASIN RECALLS A BAPTISMAL FONT, BRINGING IDEAS OF CLEANSING, REGROWTH AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE. TOGETHER, THEY EVOKE A MOVEMENT FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT – FROM DEATH TOWARDS LIFE, AND FROM ONE STATE OF BEING INTO ANOTHER.

WATER, LIGHT AND STONE BECOME ELEMENTS OF A PASSAGE TOWARDS REBIRTH, REFLECTING THE HUMAN DESIRE TO WASH AWAY THE PAST, BEGIN AGAIN AND BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT WE KNOW.”

Mark Humphrey

“A MASTERPIECE – OUT OF A MUSEUM AND TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL.”

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“MARK IS A VISIONARY LIKE MICHELANGELO.”

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