DAVID JOHN ATTYAH

“Raw wood and broken charcoal stick
The size of my body, the length of my reach
Paired male figures — twins, friends, fathers and sons, shadows or lovers
Enter fragments of lost religion — broken halos or tongues of fire
Spinal cords in Renaissance suspension, floating or falling in space
Gazing at Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of St. Thomas”
Man pointing
An iconic Thomas inserts his finger deeply into the scarred abdomen of resurrected Christ

Doubting - the figures are unclear about where everyone is pointing

A mirror to the ambiguity of homoeroticism, where objects of love and devotion are secret, tacit or implied, but rarely specified.”