Venerating Sufferment

The image of the agonizing and dying crucified Christ can be highlighted as one of the most powerful representations of the Catholic religion. It’s not only one of the main scenes in this religion, but it also portrays his death as a necessary sacrifice for the salvation of humanity.

This veneration of suffering extends not only to the crucified figure but also to the martyrs. We can see how the Catholic spirituality repeats the idea that suffering and death are acts of loyalty and faith. They are seen as models of holiness, and that is why their suffering is revered, as it is seen as a way to honor their sacrifice and draw inspiration from their example of Christian fidelity, as they chose to die rather than renounce their faith.

Based on this theoretical context, through this pictorial production, an approach is intended to be made to those places where concepts such as suffering and sacrifice take place within the Catholic religion. To achieve this, both the human body and architecture will be represented. In other words, the interior, intus, as well as the exterior, foris.

On the other hand, we have the space where the ritual takes place: the cathedral, the church, the institutionalized religion, where sacrificed is worshiped. On the other hand, we have the body, through which the belief that suffering is a means to unite more Christ.

-Inés Serrat Ferrer

Nace en 2001 en Jávea, Alicante. Tras finalizar el bachillerato artístico cursó la carrera de bellas artes en la Facultat de Belles Arts de la Universitat Politècnica de València. Actualmente su producción artística gira entorno a la producción pictórica.