WORK II
Procession into Jerusalem
- Year
- 2026
- Medium
- Charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 104 × 140 cm
Context
At the centre of the procession, Christ remains still; around Him, joy gathers into movement.
Procession into Jerusalem reimagines the entry into the city as a moment of recognition, anticipation and collective joy. Palms rise above the crowd, bodies incline toward Christ, and the composition is charged with the sense of something long awaited becoming suddenly present. Christ remains comparatively still within this agitation; around Him, figures overlap, branches interrupt the pictorial field, and light moves through architecture, landscape and bodies.
Although the drawing itself is immobile, the density of the charcoal, the repetition of gesture and the circulation of line generate an almost kinetic visual rhythm. Drawing on the graphic intensity of historical printmaking, the work approaches the biblical event not as distant iconography, but as a living encounter — one in which faith, communal emotion and the joy of Christ’s arrival are made physically immediate.
Close study
Details
Christ on the Donkey
The compositional still point of the image; Christ’s restraint intensifies the movement and emotional charge of the surrounding crowd.
Child with Palm
A small gesture becomes part of the larger rhythm of welcome, carrying the viewer through the procession and toward its central figure.
The Crowd
Overlapping bodies, raised palms and intersecting gestures compress the pictorial space into a field of collective anticipation and joy.
The Watcher
Positioned above the immediate procession, the figure extends the scene beyond its central action and introduces a quieter register of observation and recognition.