Artist, Marten Holmes Puts Uncoventional Twist on Last Supper

CHRISTIAN TODAY
By Deborah Steiner

Marten Holmes at the St Ives' Festival where the Methodist Bible Christian Chapel showcased his exhibition 'A Sideways Look'.

Nobody ever accused Marten Holmes of being too conventional. Yet his photographic exhibition 'A Sideways Look' gives Christian tradition a new twist that makes non-Christians raise questions about faith. In September, the St. Ives Festival Celebration of Music and Art provided the opportunity to showcase Marten Holmes' exhibition. The Last Supper remains a popular source of interest. Based on Da Vinci's famous mural, the striking photograph 'Supper' comes with an explanatory text. "This image has been moved from the Jewish Passover into a Christmas celebration, but has been posed with the disciples ignoring Jesus to reflect how Western society has left Christ out of Christmas." [link]