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Judas Iscariot & The Magdalene

'Judas Iscariot & The Magdalene''Judas Iscariot & The Magdalene'

Category: Paintings

Artist: Chris Gollon

Subject: Studies Stations of the Cross

Year of Work: 2004

Media: mixed media on canvas

Size: 60" x 48"

£12,000. To purchase this work, or for further information, please contact: IAP Fine Art, London. T: 0844 561 1833.

This painting in art history terms is a very rare image, if not unique, in that it depicts a scene where Judas and the Magdalene are alone with each other. The Magdalene depicted here is the same model Chris Gollon used as the Magdalene in his Stations of the Cross, so this is also a partial study for the Stations.

Chris Gollon has used himself as the model for Judas. The note pinned to the tree has words obscured, but finishes with Sorry, Judas. As men do run in the air when hung, Gollon takes this to the extreme of pathos by his use of cartoon-like running legs. The painting takes partial inspiration from the Bob Dylan lyrics: "I can't think for you/You'll have to decide/Whether Judas Iscariot/Had God on his side.."

Chris Gollon's 'Stations of the Cross' in Church of St John on Bethnal Green, London:

Stations of the Cross (I): Jesus is Condemned to Death (Final Version)Stations of the Cross (I): Jesus is Condemned to Death (Final Version)

'Stations of the Cross (II): Jesus Takes Up His Cross' (Final Version)'Stations of the Cross (II): Jesus Takes Up His Cross' (Final Version)Stations of the Cross (III): Jesus Falls a First TimeStations of the Cross (III): Jesus Falls a First Time'Stations of the Cross (IV): Jesus Meets His Mother' (Final Version)'Stations of the Cross (IV): Jesus Meets His Mother' (Final Version)

Stations of the Cross (V): Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus'Stations of the Cross (V): Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus'

'Stations of the Cross (VI): Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus''Stations of the Cross (VI): Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus'Stations of the Cross (VII): Jesus Falls A second TimeStations of the Cross (VII): Jesus Falls A second TimeStations of the Cross VIII: Jesus Speaks to the Women of JerusalemStations of the Cross VIII: Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem

Stations of the Cross IX: Jesus Falls A Third TimeStations of the Cross IX: Jesus Falls A Third Time

Stations of the Cross (X): Jesus Is Stripped Of His GarmentsStations of the Cross (X): Jesus Is Stripped Of His GarmentsStations of the Cross XI: Jesus Is Nailed To the CrossStations of the Cross XI: Jesus Is Nailed To the CrossStations of the Cross XII: Jesus Dies On The CrossStations of the Cross XII: Jesus Dies On The Cross

Stations of the Cross XIII: Jesus Is Taken Down from The Cross Stations of the Cross XIII: Jesus Is Taken Down from The Cross

Stations of the Cross XIV: Jesus Is Laid In The SepulchreStations of the Cross XIV: Jesus Is Laid In The Sepulchre