Christ in Hell [Triptych]

[Exclusive (3) Prints Set / Originally printed in 2020.]

by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal

"The following triptych explores the narration of Christ’s descent into Hell, according to the Gospel of Nicodemus.

Stylistically the aim has been to achieve the sensation of a floating world, purposefully seeking for mannerism in several figures, it seeks to draw without restrictions of space or gravity. This follows the descriptions of Tartarus or Gehenna as a bottomless pit. 

(...) But why did Christ descend to Hell during the day in which he was dead? Redeeming the ancients seems to be the answer of the Apocryphal Gospel. But if so, why were they in Hell without a fair judgement? Were they not righteous men? Or is it perhaps that the Gnostic interpretation comes into play after all, and their sin was not of a moral kind, but ignorance, ignorance from a Revelation that they could not have achieved before? And so, the light of the sun would play a double symbolism in this narrative, as the light of knowledge. But how could this be consistent with the history of salvation as preconceived by a just God? How could the later notion of Purgatory be developed if so? Perhaps the impossibility of answering such questions is what led this to be an apocryphal piece, that could not fit any consistent doctrine of salvation. Therefore, the descent into Hell remains as a mystery. But a fascinating one." —Excerpt from a lengthier essay by José Gabriel Alegría entitled Christ in Hell.”

11” X 22.25” each (28cm X 56.50cm each) - Set of Three (3) High-Quality Art Prints; printed on exquisite, thick, and highly-textured Hahnemuhle William Turner 310 GSM (cold-pressed 100% cotton) paper-carton.

Limited to 150 hand-numbered sets.