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Just for a bit of light relief, in case anyone should need it at the moment, I recently acquired this unusual rendition of Leonardo's "Last Supper". It was given to me at the weekend by some dear friends I was staying with, who found it in a junk shop, somewhere in north-west Wales.



It's made from metal foil stuck onto a card background. The depiction of the people round the table seems fairly standard, although the figure on the right side of Christ appears even more feminine than normal, so one can read into that what one will, I guess.



I was a little unsure about it at first, but I do like it now, as a nice, fun piece of kitschy art. I like that it's just two colours, and the symmetry of it, which is very balanced, and the sense of perspective. The raised pieces of tin also make it feel quite tactile. I'm going to put it on the landing, where I have a slate green wall, that I think will set off quite well the burgundy and gold in the painting.

Anyway, if someone thinks I've stumbled upon a rare and collectable piece of pop art, let me know.

Light relief appreciated. Embossed copper religious wall hangings were very popular in the Deep South in the early to mid last century and as a child my mother would make similar from forms in Sunday school including The Nativity, bookends of praying hands, Calvary Hill etc. and wish I had them.

Sold Price: £25.00



http://www.thomaswatson.com/item-detail/39791

There's a Last Supper mosaic in the Minoriten Church in Vienna, it's size is 9.18 by 4.47 meter, and it was ordered by Napoleon but by the time it was done the Lion of Naples was no king anymore, so he never saw it:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Minoritenkirche_Abendmahl.JPG

http://www.austria-lexikon.at/af/Wissenssammlungen/Denkmale/Letztes_Abendmahl,_Mosaik_in_der_Wiener_Minoritenkirche

Obi-Wan Kenobi: ''May the force be with you''

Luke: ''And also with you...''

The leaning figure of Princess Leia is definitely female.

Yoda is floating above the table....in a flying platter? They aren't going to eat him are they?

He's smart; if they are, he'll work it out.

Princess Leia and Hans Solo look like they're definitely sharing a moment. Luke seems a little hacked off that Darth Vader is doing some pontificating and kind of taking over. C3PO looks like he's being left out of things, a bit peripheral to proceedings. My favourite character, Chewbacca, is standing with his arms behind his back, like he's waiting on the table.

There ends my interpretation of the painting.

I call Chewbacca discrimination! C3PO should be waiting on the table.....that is part of his programming.

My youngest son, Lucas, wants us to do a Star Wars movie weekend this summer. We've got most of the movies, but we are missing the first one. That reminds me, gotta put that on my To Do list.

Edit to add: Hans Solo = a young Harrison Ford, just sends quivers all over ya!

Leia: "I love you"
Solo: "I know"

Where's R2-D2?!

Edit to add: Just spotted him!

Few know of the greedy Zionist plot within.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjEdWTk1l9o

She looks as though she's groaning in agony, "Not another 1 hour speech! I need another drink"