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David Kim Whittaker — Deluge of emotions as twisting Christs compromise for our carnivorous existence in a cinema of onlookers
David Kim Whittaker

Deluge of emotions as twisting Christs compromise for our carnivorous existence in a cinema of onlookers

2014

A turbulent and visceral composition, Whittaker layers oil, acrylic, china, marker, and paper collage onto wood panel to conjure a chaotic swarm of contorted Christ-like figures writhing beneath the weight of collective human guilt. The work implicates the viewer directly, casting them as passive spectators in a cinematic theater of suffering, complicit in the violence and consumption that defines modern existence. Raw and confrontational, the piece collapses sacred iconography into a frenzied meditation on sacrifice, appetite, and moral compromise.

Medium
oil, acrylic, china, marker and paper collage on wood panel

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October 4, 2018

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David Kim Whittaker, Deluge of emotions as twisting Christs compromise for our carnivorous existence in a cinema of onlookers, 2014

A turbulent and visceral composition, Whittaker layers oil, acrylic, china, marker, and paper collage onto wood panel to conjure a chaotic swarm of contorted Christ-like figures writhing beneath the weight of collective human guilt. The work implicates the viewer directly, casting them as passive spectators in a cinematic theater of suffering, complicit in the violence and consumption that defines modern existence. Raw and confrontational, the piece collapses sacred iconography into a frenzied meditation on sacrifice, appetite, and moral compromise.

Medium
oil, acrylic, china, marker and paper collage on wood panel
Year
2014
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Contemporary American Artist, Male Artist, Emerging Artist, Mixed Media Collage, Figurative Expressionism, Existential Themes, Raw Emotional Intensity, Dramatic Narrative, Religious Iconography, Symbolic Imagery, Dark Surrealism, Multi-Figure Composition

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