The temptation of a hole

Made for the Hellfire Sculpting Club's monthly challenge, topic of the month: Trypophobia.

The composition is inspired by The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio).
This wasn't the case when I first sculpted the figure with the holes in it,
but it quickly became the case as soon as I added the first monk.

For the background I used an image from the Tapestry of the Apocalypse,
exhibited in the town of Angers: ‘La Grande Prostituée sur les eaux’.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Grande_Prostitu%C3%A9e_sur_les_eaux_%28Tenture_de_l%27Apocalypse,_Angers%29.jpg

I like the association between the sculpture and symbolism of the tapestry, between temptation, depravity and threat.

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