The exhibition organized by a Spanish art company includes the first hyper-realistic body of Jesus Christ which was recreated from the Shroud of Turin (the mystery man) and was inaugurated on Thursday at the Cathedral of Salamanca, Spain.

The exhibition opened on 13 October and encompasses a floor space of 600 square meters. It fills four rooms that narrate the passion and death of Christ, ending with the impressive work of a model of what the body of Jesus of Nazareth could have looked like, according to historical and scientific data offered by the Shroud.

Latex with silicone and human hair was used to make the sculpture which weighs 75 kilos and is 1.78 meters tall.

The artistic director of the exhibition, Álvaro Blanco explained to the media that the group of artists sought to create “a figure as real as possible to what is represented on the Shroud of Turin.”

“We are before a work made with the hyper-realistic technique in which all the details that appear in the Shroud have been introduced, although there have been some previous studies,” said Blanco. “What we have to understand is that the image of Jesus is the most represented image of all history.”

Blanco highlighted the 15 years it took to study and create the model and exhibition, thanking especially “the courage of ArtiSplendore and the Cathedral of Salamanca which have bet on the project of the exhibition.”

The Bishop of the Diocese of Salamanca, Bishop José Luis Retana, expressed his opinion after visiting the exhibition.

“I liked the work very much,” he said. “The truth is that standing in front of what is an exact representation of what Jesus suffered and died leaves a strong impression.”

Bishop Retana suggested that the body of the man in the Holy Shroud can represent “the concreteness of God’s love that becomes flesh in Jesus Christ who died as an evildoer with a terrible sacrifice for our salvation. There is no greater love in the world.”

“The mystery has become flesh, but it has become flesh to die for us, and then rise again,” said Bishop Retana, “I believe that the exhibition can foster the faith of believers and arouse the faith of non-believers.”

The exhibition is distributed in several rooms of the cathedral and presents the whole story of Jesus which includes replicas of the cross and the 30 coins of Judas.

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