Tyler Ballon's *Dead Body of Christ* (2017) is an acrylic on wood painting that confronts the viewer with a raw and unflinching meditation on mortality and sacred iconography. The work challenges traditional devotional representations of Christ's death, stripping away reverence to expose the visceral, physical reality of a lifeless body. Ballon's choice of wood as a support adds a tactile, earthy weight to the piece, grounding its spiritual subject matter in the material world.