In this work, the artist has appropriated Guido Reni’s ‘Assumption of the Virgin Mary’. This painting also contains elements of Francis Bacon’s ‘Study after Velásquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X’. Bacon’s association with Nietzsche and in particular the statement ‘God is Dead’ relates to the loss of meaning in religion and mythology. Appropriating and digitally distorting religious artwork intended for a different setting and context represents this loss through impact of technology. A white dove lies hidden in the white robes symbolising the loss of peace and the activation of the archetype of the apocalypse.

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