Description
Crucifix without cross or Naophorus with butterfly?
This is the genius of the art from recycling by Ciro, Roberto Cipollone:
- On the one hand, his objects with recycled materials as if they gave a new life to what has been discarded.
- On the other hand, his works integrate the meanings of symbols from various cultural circles, now forgotten.
Naophorus in Egyptian culture is seen as the bearer of gifts.
In Ciro’s Naophorus one can glimpse the crucified Christ, the bearer of the gift of his own life.
In Christian culture, the Western one, various explanations can be given to the symbol of the cross:
- the surrender symbol
- the symbol of supplication
- the symbol of gratitude
- the symbol of praise
- But also the original symbol of the naophorus himself, that of giving a gift, in this case, gift of life.
The body of the Naophorus (or Christ Crucified) is made of a piece of wood that was once part of a wine barrel. This piece of wood, therefore, in the past protected wine, a symbol of life.
The butterfly that is found in the place of the heart, and therefore in the centre of life, of the Naophorus (or of the Crucified Christ) is the symbol of lightness.
Naophorus – bearer of the gifts.
Christ crucified – bearer of the lightness of life.
