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The exhibition themes were inspired by the , a fourteen-step devotion that commemorates the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. In place of the traditional Passion narrative, fourteen themes expressive of the human condition are each paired with two works of art as a means of providing multiple points of entry for exploring the themes.  

Stations of the Cross:

(1) Jesus is condemned to death

(2) Jesus is made to bear his 

(3) Jesus falls the first time

(4) Jesus meets his 

(5) Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross

(6)  wipes Jesus’ face

(7) Jesus falls the second time

(8) The women of  weep over Jesus

(9) Jesus falls the third time

(10) Jesus is stripped of his garments

(11) Jesus is nailed to the cross

(12) Jesus dies on the cross

(13) Jesus is taken down from the cross

(14) Jesus is placed in the

View artworks from each station at the .