Dab (2022) depicts a detail from Rogier van Der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross (C. 1435). Painted on a clear agate slab, the crystal’s translucency is echoed in the tears...
Dab (2022) depicts a detail from Rogier van Der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross (C. 1435). Painted on a clear agate slab, the crystal’s translucency is echoed in the tears streaming down the woman’s face. Cracks and fissures merge with the creases in her eyes and cloth, absorbing her sorrow into its flowering chaos.