Kristine Lim who’s a Filipina artist, debuted her art piece “Portraits of Christ” in Manila’s Baluartillo de San Francisco Javier, Fort Santiago, Intramuros.

Last February, the work was placed to commemorate Art Month in the Philippines. Kristine Lim presented her artworks in honor of International Women’s Month and the forthcoming Lenten season. The art installation, curated by Ian Belleza, was sponsored by the Department of Tourism, It’s More Fun in the Philippines, Intramuros Administration, and Art Lounge Manila.

“The face that we recognize to be our Lord’s is, in fact, far from what He could have looked like. The different interpretations of the face of Christ have been dependent on the culture, taste, and era of the artist that envisioned and forged it. It has also heavily relied on the income that the churches can get based on the responses to the religious visuals that people were presented with,” it stated.

As shown in the artist’s official statement, “Portraits of Christ” reflects on the historical and religious debate that no one knows Jesus’ true face. “If I tell you that the face of God that you have been worshiping and praying to is far from what He looked like, for sure, you will argue with me. Anger and fury would be unsurprising emotions I’m ready to accept from people who would be offended after I say that line.” Kristine said in a statement.

“For centuries we have been fed with information that doesn’t faithfully reflect the truth, but it has been embedded in us so deeply that it is what we believe. We would fight even to death, even with friends and family, to be right with what we perceive as right. History books, news, media, even the books that our children read in schools have been our source of truth. But I stand with the absolute Truth, and there is no better source but the Bible. Victorious men wrote history, but the Bible are words of a victorious God. Both are ‘victorious,’ but it doesn’t mean they both uphold what’s accurate and true,”

“Portraits of Christ” was currently displayed at Baluartillo de San Francisco Javier, Fort Santiago, Intramuros in Manila only until April 1, 2022, she added.