has The sacred wood and glass
to John Caronia Show
Giovanni Caronia began painting icons because they are deeply attracted by the spirituality that these images radiate. Mosso da questo fascino originario, ha iniziato a frequentare gli stage iconografici del centro Russia Cristiana di Seriate e si è recato anche in Russia, per studiare l’arte delle icone direttamente dai monaci ortodossi.
Egli, infatti, non si è mai concepito come un’artista solitario, ma ha sempre inserito i suoi studi, le sue ricerche iconografiche e stilistiche, nell’alveo della tradizione della Chiesa, di cui l’icona è espressione.
L’icona, sin dalle sue origini, è stata concepita come la presenza reale di Dio, e non come una semplice immagine: essa è realmente una finestra sul Mistero. Task iconography and spiritualize the material, constantly following the traditional models.
This icon is the result of a lengthy study, primarily theological - the iconographer can not also be a theologian - and a consolidated performance practice and always the same over the centuries, in which every gesture, each step, each color carries a specific symbology.
is important to remember that however the icon, while indicating in its entirety the transcendence of God, is deeply rooted in history: it is possible to represent God, in forms that are still human, because He became incarnate, incarnate and was made man represented.
Finally, the icon, for this real presence of God in the table, should be introduced into the Church through the blessing it may become an object of veneration, and may have a liturgical function.
Recently our friend John has also started to experience a technique and entities that bind to another tradition, less noble, but no less challenging: painting on glass.
is a genre that was born as folk art, devotional, which borrows its subjects and his style and the ex-voto paintings of Sicilian carts, and that has mainly the simplicity and the immediate comprehension of the sacred representation.
Giovanni Caronia once again subject of local tradition (St. Rosalia,
Rita Martorana Tusa
