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Art in the right place
Northampton Jesus Centre exhibited some of the paintings of Christian artist Ulrike O'Flaherty. Her deeply evocative artwork meditates on God's love towards the marginalised. Like the Jesus Centre vision, Ulrike's art expresses how Jesus can heal and dignify the poor.Published: 20th May 2008
ULRIKE O'Flaherty's striking, "in your face" artwork has things to say about God's love towards the marginalised and poor.
The themes explored in her powerful paintings tie in well with the Jesus Centre vision to be "a place of friendship and help for every type of person".
Ulrike talks about what has influenced her work:
We were working in Naples with prostitutes and homeless people who slept rough underneath the train stations. I found myself unable to say 'bye bye' and leave them to sleep in their cardboard boxes while we went back to our snugly beds, so we began to have people living with us and called it 'Casa Familia'. God...
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