Chris Ofili
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden, 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden (Title Page), 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Agony in the Garden (Portfolio), 2006
Portfolio of 11 intaglio prints with spit-bite aquatint printed in one color on Somerset Paper handtorn to size in a cloth-covered box with gold stamping.
21 x 17 inches
Edition of 20
Each image in the The Agony in the Garden portfolio is set in the Garden of Gethsemane and depicts the same moment, when Judas betrayed Christ with a kiss, from the varying viewpoints of the eleven other disciples. Ofili employs the heads, leaving some as outlines while others are filled in, to represent the eleven perspectives amidst the throng of soldiers that accompanied Judas to capture Christ and ultimately sentence him to crucifixion. Through this gesture, Ofili reinforces the power of perspective, acknowledging that any story, even one of history's most frequently told, is simply one attempt at describing the apparent truth of the situation.