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Natalia Tsarkova's painting "The Last Supper" (2002). Tsarkova's painting was hung side by side with Leonardo's masterpiece of the same subject in 2002. Tsarkova says she chose to portray Jesus turning around and looking directly at the public as a sign of his dismay towards humanity after 9/11. As an artist, Tsarkova hasn't always been devoted exclusively to religious subjects. One wall of her studio features the sensuous female nudes she used to paint back in Russia, often with allegorical undertones. RNS photo courtesy Natalia Tsarkova.
Sally Morrow

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(RNS2-feb21) Natalia Tsarkova’s painting ‘Ultima Cena’. As an artist, Tsarkova hasn’t always been devoted exclusively to religious subjects. One wall of her studio features the sensuous female nudes she used to paint back in Russia, often with allegorical undertones. For use with RNS-POPE-PAINTER, transmitted on February 21, 2013, RNS photo courtesy Natalia Tsarkova.

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