Art Exhibit: Snake Handlers and Redemption
Location
Bunch Library, Leu Art Gallery
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
16-9-2009 12:00 AM
End Date
24-9-2009 12:00 AM
Description
Unlike journalistic presentations of snake handling, Gary Monroe-who mixes modern and traditional elements in his drawings-presents a spiritual practice filtered through the whole history of western art. We are reminded of the enduring power of religious belief and the unusual forms that worship can take. We are also made aware that the search for religious transport may bring both pleasure and pain. Blurring the line between art and religion, Monroe reminds us that both hold out the promise of spiritual transcendence, and both may cost their practitioners more than they expected.
Recommended Citation
Monroe, Gary, "Art Exhibit: Snake Handlers and Redemption" (2009). Humanities Symposium. 11.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2009/2009/11
Art Exhibit: Snake Handlers and Redemption
Bunch Library, Leu Art Gallery
Unlike journalistic presentations of snake handling, Gary Monroe-who mixes modern and traditional elements in his drawings-presents a spiritual practice filtered through the whole history of western art. We are reminded of the enduring power of religious belief and the unusual forms that worship can take. We are also made aware that the search for religious transport may bring both pleasure and pain. Blurring the line between art and religion, Monroe reminds us that both hold out the promise of spiritual transcendence, and both may cost their practitioners more than they expected.
