Last Supper Fragment after Scorsese
oil on canvas
85cm square
2011
[detail]
Inspired in part by the idea of the Last Supper as something of an icon in both the history of art and more recently in cinema.
The image is essentially an improvised response to the ‘Last Supper’ sequence in Martin Scorsese’s : Last Temptation of Christ. The idea of using the film still as a starting point is in some sense an acknowledgement of way in which directors like Scorsese have been in turn inspired by the history of painting.
