WORCESTER Cathedral is displaying a series of head sculptures to represent the stations of the cross in the weeks before Easter.
The works, called Fourteen, have been done by artist and art teacher Richard Gilbert, who has had recent exhibitions in Hereford, Leominster, and London.
The head sculptures use the same basic form but each one varies and uses materials like nails, ropes, wood, iron and vinegar which were used in the crucifixion.Mr Gilbert made a deliberate decision to side step the tradition of using Christian symbols. Fourteen leaves the sculptures ambiguous and open to interpretation.
The Very Rev Peter Marshall, Dean of Worcester, said: "This exhibition will provide an opportunity for a sustained meditation on the best and worst actions of which we are capable. It is offered in the Cathedral as a serious contribution of an artistic expression in today's world."
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