CLEMENS MARIA FUCHS

If portraits are a window into a persons soul, sacred art is a window into the spiritual realm. In western sacred art we see an enormous crisis, an iconoclasm.

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This iconoclasm took place in the manner of actually destroying images and churches but also in destroying the meaning and purpose of these images. The main purpose of sacred art is to glorify and serve God and to direct the faithfuls mind to prayer. Particularly in the Divine Liturgy the purpose of Sacred Art can be felt and witnessed most directly. Ever since the Old Covenant (in Exodus 31: 1-6) God has chosen the most talented and skilled artists and artisans to make the ark and to decorate the tent (sanctuary) it houses. In like manner, in the Holy Mass of the New Covenant sacred art is needed and must direct the faithful’s mind towards the Most Blessed Sacrament of the altar — it must reflect the divine liturgy in paradise. Through Clemens Maria Fuchs' Catholic faith sacred art is not merely a profession. It is an essential part in his work and a vocation not only to produce it but to bring the message out that it has to continue. The artist has reserved a tiny spark of Gods creative spirit in order to glorify God’s creation!