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SAGRADA FAMILIA
2009


42 x 31 cm

oil pastels on paper

 

SAGRADA FAMILIA is my interpretation of the Nativity facade from Gaudi's masterpiece in Barcelona. Depicted here are the four top parts of the eighteen towers that form this unique cathedral.


The architectural style of the Sagrada Familia has been labelled "warped Gothic" due to the rippling contours of the stone façade that give the illusion of a melting sandcastle. I became obsessed by this definition and immediately after visiting the cathedral some years back, I felt an urge to transmit this feeling into something visual.


Keith Balzan