Comments on: ‘The Sacred Made Real’ at the National Gallery http://heracliteanfire.net/2009/10/27/the-sacred-made-real-at-the-national-gallery/ Harry Rutherford's Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2009/10/27/the-sacred-made-real-at-the-national-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-19756 Harry Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:05 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=4079#comment-19756 <blockquote> There’s something about pulling them from their context that makes them seem so alien to me.</blockquote> There's probably something in that, although if they were <i>paintings</i> originally intended for a church it wouldn't seem surprising to see them in an art gallery. I'm not quite sure why that is.

There’s something about pulling them from their context that makes them seem so alien to me.

There’s probably something in that, although if they were paintings originally intended for a church it wouldn’t seem surprising to see them in an art gallery. I’m not quite sure why that is.

]]> By: Julie Carter http://heracliteanfire.net/2009/10/27/the-sacred-made-real-at-the-national-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-19755 Julie Carter Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:35:15 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=4079#comment-19755 Even though I would have grown up closer to that culture than you did, I still find the statues a little creepy, though when they are inside a church they fit. There's something about pulling them from their context that makes them seem so alien to me. Even though I would have grown up closer to that culture than you did, I still find the statues a little creepy, though when they are inside a church they fit. There’s something about pulling them from their context that makes them seem so alien to me.

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