Giacomo Infantino - Christ

A popular iconography throughout the history of Western art, the Crucifixion has its origins in the early Christian era and has developed over the centuries, culminating in the most recent expressions of contemporary art. The traditional iconography of Jesus on the cross has countless variations, from the simplest, featuring only the crucified Christ, to the version accompanied by the "mourners," the Madonna and Saint John the Evangelist. In the Middle Ages, Crucifixion scenes began to become increasingly elaborate: thieves' crosses were added, and gradually more and more figures were added, until they became the subject of large choral scenes. It is often accompanied by symbolic elements, such as the presence of the sun and moon or Adam's skull beneath Christ's cross (which signifies the redemptive action of Christ's Passion in the face of original sin).

Giacomo Infantino's interpretation of the Crucifixion is highly evocative, starting with the composition. The painter chooses this dramatic rear-view shot and shows us Christ against the light, as if dazzled by the intense background light. Formally, there is great technical quality both in the physiognomic representation of Christ's body and in the pictorial layering and recording of the light's vibrations.

Giacomo Infantino is a painter originally from Villarosa, Sicily, where he was born in 1955 and where he lives and works. He trained at the Teacher Training Institute in Caltanissetta, and his pictorial style is similar to that of the German Expressionists and abstract artists. He has participated in several thematic exhibitions in Villarosa.

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