The Last Supper Revisited
by Ian Anderson
Original - Not For Sale
Price
$12,000
Dimensions
127.000 x 110.000 x 7.000 cm.
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Title
The Last Supper Revisited
Artist
Ian Anderson
Medium
Mixed Media - Carved Leather Art
Description
THE STORY
4 schools of thought inspired this religious icon.
1. The first being, Da Vinci’s famous last supper painting. A late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan. It is one of the world’s most famous paintings.
2. The second creating it on leather and modernizing the approach to detail. According to many sources, Da Vinci used a renaissance Italian home scene setting and not the traditional Jewish setting of reclining on the floor.
3. The third, to research the text from Matthew 26:29 in the Bible. Jesus met with His disciples and the scene depicted the reactions to the conversation about who was going to betray Him.
4. My personal search for answers and meaning to my inner confusion about death and purpose to life. How did we get here? My search led me through drugs, many religious and philosophical reasonings to the God-man called Jesus and I wanted to honor, as best I can, His story.
My research
Researching Da Vinci’s Last Supper for the leather carving I realized that Leonardo’s much-viewed painting has captured the imagination of multitudes. The reason for the disciples’ reaction is unknown to many. Today we are living out the outcome of this history-changing event.
Some of these men depicted by Leonardo recorded this event in their historic letters. I, like them, found Jesus to be disarmingly honest about my life and like these first disciples He first mentored, I am finding a new excitement at what is unfolding in current world events. “The Last Supper” preceded the foreknown sacrifice of Jesus.
I also discovered that the Jesus Leonardo wanted to capture is due to return to this planet.
History of this carving
The original work was created in 1977 and has been in the collection of the artist until 2011 when it was refurbished and framed.
Working the leather was a physically demanding challenge with attention to detail, constant carving, beveling, and dying. The production left my fingers in a regular state of distress from overuse. Interestingly I think RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) had not been discovered back then, or at least I had not heard of it.
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December 4th, 2017
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