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From the olive tree garden #5
Fabrice Samyn
From the olive tree garden #5
Fabrice Samyn
(2013)
130 x 180 x 70 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Meessen De Clerq, Brussels
The golden lines on this olive tree are gold-plated traces by worms. These traces refer to stigmata; wounds that appear on the body of religious Christians similar to those on the body of Jesus when he was crucified. The golden lines in this artwork connect the beauty of mortality and eternity.