Amid the vast, endless rivers of Italy, where gondolas usually glide, a submarine suddenly emerges, carrying the Pope on board. As the old Italian saying goes: ‘If the mountain won’t come to the Pope, the Pope gets on a submarine!’
Plumbing the depths and perhaps wondering where he left his flippers, the Pope demonstrates that faith can take the most unexpected forms. They say he’s even joking with his crew that his voyages on water now resemble modern-day crusades.
The submarine, like a huge floating souvenir from the Vatican, gently glides over the water’s surface. The Pope, smiling, takes in the Italian sceneries while tourists on the shore try to figure out if this is a new feature in their sightseeing tour.
Price: original 150€ Size: 210х 297 mm Technique: watercolour, paper Year of creation: 2001