Supper at Emmaus | Mike Quirke

The Supper at Emmaus Icon, St Charles Borromeo RC Church, London

Posted on December 29, 2017December 30, 2017 by Mike Quirke

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The Supper at Emmaus icon purchased 2017. A gift for St Charles Borromeo RC Church, London. The icon is installed close to the Blessed Sacrament chapel.

St Michael’s Arts Festival, Stockwell: 4th – 15th October 2017

Posted on October 8, 2017January 1, 2018 by Mike Quirke

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Invitation from Justin and Charlotte Hammer to exhibit a number of works at St Michael’s Arts Festival, St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road. 15 submitted pieces included a mixture of old and new work.

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Bridegroom: Solo show at CTS Bookshop 15 – 26 August 2017

Posted on September 20, 2017January 1, 2018 by Mike Quirke

‘The 11 paintings in Bridegroom focus on the figure of Christ in the Gospels, and particularly on God as love. They are in a range of materials and techniques from classical iconography to a figurative expressionism.’

emmaus 400 — **1. Supper at Emmaus.** The grace of Christian marriage is a fruit of Christ’s cross, the source of all life. This is what the Apostle makes clear when he says, “Husbands love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. CCC 1615-16

baptism 400 — **2. Baptism of Christ.** The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Jn 3:29

crucifixion_400_mike_quirke — **3. Crucufixion.** I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with jewels. Is 61.10

pantocrator_series_400_mike_quirke — **4. Pantocrator Series**. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor 4:6

Madonna_and_Child_400_mike_quirke — **5. Virgin of Tenderness.** When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” Jn 2:3

HSIF_400_mike_quirke — **6. Lamp (Holy Spirit in Flames).** In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth Ps 19: 4-6

image_of_pity_400_mike_quirke — **7. Image of Pity.** Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. Mk 2:19-20

Art & Prayer: Interview with Cristina Ferrauti on the CTS Bridegroom Exhibition

Audio of Lunchtime talk accompanying the CTS Bridegroom Exhibition 23/08/2017

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St Patrick’s Studios & Invited Artists: Our Lady of Dolours Servite Church, May – November 2017

Posted on August 25, 2017January 1, 2018 by Mike Quirke

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Exhibiting four works: Supper at Emmaus, egg tempera, 2017; Annunciation, oil on board 2017; Descent into Hell, 2017; Baptism of Christ, pencil on paper, 2016

‘A re-working and follow on of the exhibition held in the Jesuit Hurtado Centre, Wapping and the Mount Street Jesuit Centre, over two weekends in April 2017.

The initative was pioneered by a very dedicated team at the Hurtado Centre and held in conjunction with the artists of St Patrick’s Studios, based in the parish in Wapping. It has brought together nearly 30 artists from different Christian denominations and artistic backgrounds in a very joyful project.

The aims were to give a taste of the Resurrection as an invitation of the restoration that God offers every day to all humanity, to taste what it is like to be restored in the fullness of life in Christ.

It is hoped that the richness of the works exhibited at Our Lady of Dolours will give a felt sense of the beauty of the Resurrection.

We are extremely grateful to the Servite Friars for enabling us to continue with this exhibition in the beautiful setting of the colonnade which will allow many more people to see it.’

Alice Robertson 2017

Exhibiting artisits: Alice Robertson, Andrew White, Bernard Allen, Daphne Kilner, David Lilley, Elizabeth McCarten, Francis Hoyland, John Cook, John Bateson-Hill, Kirsty Kerr, Melissa Perkins, Mike Quirke, Rene De Los Reyes, Rosaleen Walsh, Tessa Hunkin, Victoria Brenninkmeijer.

Over the duration of the exhibition was supplemented with additional works including the Sacred Heart, Pantocrator III and IX, Lamp IV (Holy Spirit in Flames) and The Image of Pity,

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Resurrection Exhibition Farm Street Jesuit Church 28-30 April 2017

Posted on May 16, 2017January 4, 2018 by Mike Quirke

Curating and hanging show with St Patricks Studios team and Hurtado Jesuit Centre. Exhibiting four works: Supper at Emmaus, egg tempera, 2017; Annunciation, oil on board 2017; Descent into Hell, 2017; Baptism of Christ, pencil on paper, 2016

‘To give a taste of the Resurrection is to give the invitation of restoration that God offers everyday to all humanity. The Hurtado Centre’s Resurrection Exhibition has at its heart the ambitious goal of inviting people into an experience of the Resurrection itself, to taste what it is like to be restored in the fullness of humanity. If it succeeds even to some extent, it will have been more than worthwhile.
Artists from many different Christian and artistic backgrounds have contributed works that convey the history of salvation of which the Resurrection is the culmination. We hope that the richness of their work will give a felt sense of the beauty of the Resurrection. Art has a special vocation to show forth truths which words alone are inadequate to express. As Pope Benedict XVI said:
‘Reason alone as it’s expressed in the sciences can’t be man’s complete answer to reality, and it can’t express everything that man can, wants to, and has to express. I think God built this into man. Art along with science is the highest gift God has given him.” (Salt of the Earth: The Church at the End of the Millennium, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1997, p. 47)’

References:

Online catalogue of works

Jesuits in Brtain Review

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