Sydney, Australia, Nov 22, 2007 / 07:23 am
The work of Richard Campbell, an Australian from the Gumbaingirr/Dhungutti people, has been selected to be displayed at World Youth Day events and on event paraphernalia.
Campbell's series of indigenous artworks reinterpret major Catholic themes. His Fourteen Stations of the Cross, The Madonna, The Crucifixion, and The Resurrection will be used on merchandise for the expected 225,000 registered pilgrims for the international youth event.
Mr. Campbell was taken away from his family at the age of nine. Afterwards he was constantly moved from one boy's home to another.
“A Catholic priest once asked me to connect Aboriginal spirituality with bible stories through a painting,” Campbell said.