A Visit

Artist John August Swanson (1938 - 2021)

Date1995

MediumSerigraph, 61 color printings

Dimensions38 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (97.8 x 36.8 cm)
Framed (Frame is silver metal, wired, glazed): 47 x 23 x 7/8 in. (119.4 x 58.4 x 2.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LineGift of Diane Kenney '64 and DarEll Weist

Object number2026.073

DescriptionArtist’s Statement:
"Visit of the Angels" (Acrylic on board, 1992), was one of my most elaborate paintings and when I printed it as a serigraph edition it became the most elaborate one that I have done. It presents Mary as a member of a community in which each cares for each other. Usually Mary is represented in paintings by herself and more isolated. I wanted to paint a picture showing her as part of a larger group, village, or community, as she would have been in real life. Her formation and her character would have been formed by the people around her and by the Jewish religion and stories. The African proverb: “It takes a whole village to raise a child” is a timeless one and I am sure that it would have been part of the way things were done in these Biblical times.

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