His series of black and white works, The Stations of the Cross (1958 - 66), helped to recover from a heart attack and its subtitle Lema sabachthani or Why have you forsaken me referred to the Jesus» last words on the cross and was also
interpreted as a memorial to the victims of the holocaust, as a part of artist's intention to evoke the victims of humanity throughout history.
The work can be
interpreted as a memorial to his late lover, Ross Laycock, who died from AIDS the year of the work's creation.
Not exact matches
Main Gallery:
Memorial for an Invisible Monument Towards the end of the XXth century people are looking backwards, into the past,
as did Angelus Novus in Klee's painting
interpreted by Walter Benjamin.