The light is dead. The world has been left without color. Christ finally rests. The Mother resists watching over and suffering. The thought goes to the amazing Dead Christ by Mantegna. Here Barbara added the Mother. A decisive addition to faith. When the light is off, she is the wick! Hold on, Maria. Stand up to the dark and the cold. Hold on to us. You are all of us. Here Barbara goes toe to toe with the classics of all time and provides us the first Pieta of the twenty-first century.

Armando Cattaneo