'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' by Chris Gollon

Chris Gollon's 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' are a unique series of site-specific paintings, permanently installed in the Grade I listed Church of St John on Bethnal Green. The Church is designed by Sir John Soane and situated next to the Young V&A and to Bethnal Green Tube Station.

They were recently featured in episode one of BBC1's Gareth Malone's Easter Passion, where Gareth compared Gollon's treatment of the Passion to that of Johann Sebastian Bach's in its modernity.

Gollon's highly-acclaimed series of Stations of the Cross are unique in many ways, notably that the artist used his own son as the model for Jesus, his daughter as Mary, and his wife as Veronica; but the paintings all vary in size and are site-specific. For example Staions I & II would have occurred in private, when Jesus is sentenced and takes up His Cross. Therefore, these are located in the Church's neo-classical vestibule, since it gives the solemnity of a courtroom.

From 14th September 2024, on the 2nd Saturday of every month, the Church of St John on Bethnal Green is open to visitors 10am - 1pm.

St John on Bethnal Green, 200 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA

A full-colour fine art catalogue is available here: Stations of the Cross.

Gollon's paintings inspired the book 'Stations of the Cross' by Sara Maitland (Bloomsbury, London & New York), now available in a Special Collector's Edition with accompanying signed silk-screen print: Chris Gollon/Sara Maitland

A study for the Stations, a signed silk-screen edition of 100 is available here: Mater Dolorosa