In an unprecedented move, Makoto Fujimura, one of the greatest Christian artists of our time and author of Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture, will be combining his love for art with his love for the Bible in a new project.
Crossway Publishing has commissioned Fujimura to create an illuminated manuscript to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of the King James Bible. This leather-bound English Standard Version of the Bible, set to be released January 2011, will be printed with a six-color metallic process and will comprise the four Gospels as designed and illustrated by Fujimura. Five major new works, painted in the artist’s Manhattan studio, will be the volume’s main images, making this the first such manuscript to feature abstract contemporary art in lieu of traditional representational illustrations.
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Again, the marketing genius of Crossway.
Seriously. B&H, are you paying attention?