see 15 modern paintings in shops cafes and pubs in Powys, telling the Easter story
Artist Mark Cazalet sets the Easter story brilliantly among daily life in modern London
Where to see the paintings…
Crickhowell
Webbs of Crickhowell : 15. Road to Emmaus – Old Oak Common, off Wormwood Scrubs and by the Eurostar sidings
Book-ish : 5. Simon of Cyrene – Kilburn Station – ticket hall
ASDA Express Petrol : 9. Christ falls for the third time – Nottinghill Gate Tube Station: Central Line, westbound platform
Gallops Architectural Salvage : 4. Christ meets his mother – Kensal Green Cemetery, off the avenue looking south
Hay-on-Wye
Pugh’s : 13. Pieta – Wormwood Scrubs, off Braybrook Street looking back at the prison
Kutz Barbers : 1. Christ sentenced – Stableway W10: the horse ring under the A40 intersection
Three Tuns : 11. Christ is nailed to the cross – Meyer and Meyer Scrap metal recycling yard, off Old Oak Sidings
Small Farms Butchers : 6. Veronica wipes Christ’s face – Lubetkin’s Penguin Pool, London Zoo
Talgarth
Black Mountains College Office : 2. Christ takes his cross – Erconwald Rd, off Wormwood Scrubs
W. J. George Butchers : 3. Christ falls for the first time – Wormwood Scrubs: off Scrubs Lane towards Hammersmith Hospital
The Strand: 10. Christ is stripped – Latimer Rd looking under the Westway
Talgarth Mill : 14. Christ is entombed – Blow-up Bridge on Regent’s Canal, adjacent to Regent’s Park
Llangynidr
The Walnut Tree : 8. Women of Jerusalem weep – Portobello Rd near junction with Talbot Rd W11
Llangors
Base Camp Cafe, Llangors Multi Activity Centre : 12. Christ is crucified – Brewster Gardens W10
The Red Lion : 7. Christ falls for the second time – Harrow Rd foot-bridge over Grand Union canal W10
Then, from Saturday 19th April, discover all the paintings brought together in a beautiful tiny Celtic church at Llanywern, near Lake Llangors.
The works are called West London Stations of the Cross. Artist Mark Cazalet said, “I felt it was essential to enact the drama within a walking radius of my Ladbroke Grove home.” Mark attended Chelsea and Falmouth Colleges of Art before being awarded scholarships in Paris and at MS University Baroda, West India. His large-scale glass and painted works for many ecclesiastical settings include Worcester, Manchester, and Chelmsford Cathedrals. The West London Stations of the Cross were painted in 1998 and 1999 for a special exhibition in the Diocese of Bury St Edmonds in Lent 2000.
Perspectives on the Passion – modern Easter paintings in Powys shops, cafes and pubs is a joint project of the Black Mountains Ministry Area & the Catwg Ministry Area of the Church in Wales with the New Library, Llantwit Major.
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