Synopsis "The Brentwood Stations of the Cross (in English)"
The Brentwood Stations of the Cross is a record of a project initiated by Father Martin Boland, Dean of Brentwood Cathedral and curated by artist Simon Carter. Fifteen contemporary painters have each interpreted one of the Stations of the Cross, the resulting paintings were first exhibited in Brentwood Cathedral, Essex from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday 2015. Father Martin Boland writes, "The artists who created the Brentwood Stations of the Cross have approached this challenge with the same creative openness and intellectual rigour which they would have applied to any other subject; and this project has shown not only that art and faith can find creative ways to talk to one other, but that they have a real moral imperative so to do." This is a project of Contemporary British Painting, a grouping established in 2012 by artists Simon Carter and Robert Priseman with the aim to promote the practise of, and debate around contemporary painting. Introduction by Simon Carter, Essay by Fr. Martin Boland and short texts by the 15 artists. Fully illustrated in colour. Artists included are David Ainley, Simon Carter, Andrew Crane, Pen Dalton, Susan Gunn, Susie Hamilton, Alex Hanna, Marguerite Horner, Linda Ingham, Matthew Krishanu, Gideon Pain, Ruth Philo, Robert Priseman, Freya Purdue, David Sullivan.
