Carla DellaBeffa

Pietà

I had been thinking for a long time of painting grief, and I thought of some Pietà, as they were painted in the Renaissance; but during the Kosovo war I was seeing all those pictures of crying helpless women, and felt like painting the survivors'strength.

paintings from a series of Pietà, 1999, oil on canvas, cm 70x140, cm 100x140

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