Documentation of a sculptural artwork - a series of papal deathmasks, each wearing a bishop’s mitre upon which facial features are successively more corroded and obscured. The work supports a reading that the modern Church is increasingly less consistent with its initial tenets.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313578
Language
No spoken word
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and religion
Crafts & Visual Arts → Masks (Sculpture)
Documentary → Documentary films - France
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)