Of Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Epithalamion"
Artist
John O'Reilly
(American, 1930–2021)
Date2007
MediumPolaroid photomontage
Dimensionsimage: 42 × 49 cm (16 9/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
mount: 61 × 68 cm (24 × 26 3/4 in.)
mount: 61 × 68 cm (24 × 26 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsCollages / Assemblages
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number2018.6
Label TextOf Gerard Manley Hopkins: Epithalamion celebrates—or laments—the joining of male and female in matrimony. An epithalamion is a song or poem written for a bride on her way to her nuptial chamber. Hopkins borrowed the term for a poem he wrote for his brother’s marriage, which disclosed his own inner turmoil. Attracted to men but also a priest, Hopkins rejected his sexuality in favor of the power of nature and the divine. O’Reilly’s affinity with Hopkins’ internal split is echoed throughout his works.On View
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