Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the Harrowing of Hell

Helen Armstrong

Digital drawing print (Photoshop)

29 × 21 cm (A4)

1995

Description:

Based on a newspaper photograph of Solzhenitsyn attending a Good Friday service at the Orthodox Cathedral in London after his release from the Gulag. The trees behind him evoke prison bars. The icon he holds speaks of emergence from a form of hell.

Inspiration:

Symbolic of resurrection — the harrowing of hell made present in a contemporary figure's survival.

Availability:

Limited edition prints available

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