Detail View: SHIMMER: The Upper Room

Title: 
The Upper Room
Creation Date: 
1988
Image Date: 
1993
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Durham, Co. Durham
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
wood - elm,13 diseased tree trunks
Display Creator: 
WILBOURN, Colin
Image ID: 
93-1992
Description: 
detail Carving on one of the tree trunks. The skillfully carved piece reveals a view of the Last Supper in the upper room of a house when viewed from a seat carved in a tree at the end of the work. This piece no longer exists - the tree trunks were removed by the artist, for safety reasons, on February 1, 2001. [Last visit to the site: July 2004]
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Related Information: 
The Upper Room. For more information see < http://www.artschaplaincy.org.uk/commissions/uproom.html >.
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
WILBOURN, Colin
Creator Role: 
Sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture -- England (Co. Durham)
Subject Heading: 
Public art -- England -- Durham
Subject Heading: 
Trompe-l'oeil
Subject Heading: 
Christian art and symbolism