{"id":12866,"date":"2024-05-15T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/?p=12866"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:43:49","slug":"am-i-my-brothers-keeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/am-i-my-brothers-keeper\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Am I my brother\u2019s keeper?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To Ely yesterday to see the exhibition of sculptures by Sean Henry, \u2018Am I my brother\u2019s keeper?\u2019 at the Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cain posed the question to God in the book of Genesis, anticipating the answer \u2018No\u2019. There was no direct answer; God grants Cain his life as a fugitive.  Christians would answer \u2018yes\u2019.  Jesus says of our behaviours towards the lonely, the sick the poor, the imprisoned \u2018as much as you did it to the least of these you did it to me\u2019 (Matthew 25). The challenge posed by answering \u2018yes’ is addressed by Sean Henry\u2019s sculptures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Historically the niches of the Cathedral would have been inhabited by sculptures of saints with a capital \u2018S\u2019. Sean Henry makes us think again about who are the \u2018saints\u2019 \u2013 as well as being the \u2018super-holy\u2019 they are also everyone, because we are all created in the image and likeness of God. The sculptures in this exhibition are not of named individuals, they are representative of us all and speak of the interconnectedness of us all.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sean Henry, Sleeper<\/em>, Ely, May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Madonna and Child, Ely Cathedral, May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Ely yesterday to see the exhibition of sculptures by Sean Henry, \u2018Am I my brother\u2019s keeper?\u2019 at the Cathedral. Cain posed the question to God in the book of Genesis, anticipating the answer \u2018No\u2019. There was no direct answer; … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[784,977],"class_list":["post-12866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ely","tag-sean-henry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9SdXd-3lw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12866"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14724,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12866\/revisions\/14724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianhuman.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}