Christ’s Sacrifice, Anush Babayan, H: 27.75″

Description

Anush Babayan’s Christ’s Sacrifice is a transcendent visual meditation on divine redemption. At the center of the painting stands a symbolic Tree of Life rising in cruciform, its roots deep in earthy textures and branches blossoming into sacred geometry, all encompassed by concentric circles of color and light.

Drawing on Armenian Christian iconography and mystical abstraction, Babayan uses layers of vibrantly painted texture to mirror the tension between physical suffering and spiritual elevation. The painting pulses with golden warmth, fiery reds, cool blues and veins of white that suggest both lightning and grace—inviting the viewer to contemplate sacrifice not as a loss, but as resplendent transformation.

In an interview with the artist, Anush shared that this painting was created after reading the following lines written by Armenian poet Grigor Narekatsi approximately one millennium ago:

The Lord is omniscient, blessed, praised, 

Glorified by all things in the universe,

All that we are to accomplish, 

All that we are to do is ordained by your will. 

O Lord, the way of purification 

Thou dost guide me in my doubts. 

And lead me to the gates of salvation, 

Be satisfied and rejoice. 

The purpose of Thy servant’s song 

is neither praise nor glory,

My words are but a plea, 

By which I long for salvation.