1995.185 1995.186 BOSE
By Reuben Keehan Peter McKay
‘Lies, Magicians and Blind Faith’ March 2023
These mixed-media works expand on the artist book Lies, magicians and blind faith 1993–95. Like the book, they continue Bose’s fascination with religious iconography, incorporating images from popular culture and a 'drawing' method achieved through solar burning with the aid of a magnifying glass and rendered in heavily worked surfaces. Produced in Lismore while Bose was a Visiting Research Fellow at Southern Cross University, the works featured in a culminating exhibition held at the University Art Museum in 1994.
The title of Judiel’s virgin miracle refers to a series of claimed apparitions of the Virgin Mary atop a guava tree that a child in La Union province is said to have witnessed, culminating in a ‘visitation’ that attracted one million followers in 1993. Named for a Rolling Stones album, Let it bleed contains a Sator Square — an early, two-dimensional Latin palindrome of obscure meaning, which can be read both horizontally and vertically.
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![The artist Artwork Judiel's virgin miracle this artwork made of Watercolour, ink and gouache with offset prints, gold foil and solar burning on paper, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.185_001_4.jpg?itok=xf6nHgln)
Judiel's virgin miracle 1994
- BOSE, Santiago - Creator
![The artist Artwork Let it bleed this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and tempera with offset prints, copper foil and solar burning on paper, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1995.186_001_4.jpg?itok=ehwAIsEy)
Let it bleed 1994
- BOSE, Santiago - Creator
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