Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6549927
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Hongerdoek 1978 Ethiopië
Technique
Year
1978
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
280 x 180 cm
Printing office
Details

In the 1970s, a "hunger cloth" was used in churches during the 40-day Easter Lent. The German development organization 'Misereor' therefore had artists from the Third World paint canvases with a biblical theme, applied to their local situation. The hunger cloth "The Grape Press" was painted according to ancient Ethiopian traditions. Eleven biblical scenes seek the answer to the question of suffering and call for conversion. Printed on linen - with loops for hanging

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