Edoardo Tresoldi among the 5 artists invited to the competition for the Lamb of the Sagrada Familia

The Casa de la Almoina inaugurates an exhibition with five artistic proposals for the Lamb on the tower of Jesus Christ. Edoardo Tresoldi is among the five international artists invited to propose a work for the Lamb.

The exhibition center Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, also known as Casa de la Almoina, presents until June 9, 2025, the exhibition dedicated to the five artistic proposals to complete the tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia. The work will be placed inside the cross at the top of the tower and will represent the Lamb of God.

This is an essential element that Antoni Gaudí had described in his projects for the Basilica, as evidenced in the Temple Albums, published by the association for the development of the Temple while the architect was alive, where there is an explicit reference to the Lamb of God.

The proposals of five international artists

On September 20, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Junta Constructora de la Sagrada Família decided to announce a competition for the submission of artistic proposals conceived for the Lamb (Agnus Dei). The artistic selection committee invited the Italians Edoardo Tresoldi and Andrea Mastrovito, whose work was chosen for realization, the Portuguese David Oliveira, and the Spaniards Gonzalo Borondo and Jordi Alcaraz to participate in the competition.

Edoardo Tresoldi’s proposal

Edoardo Tresoldi proposed a sculptural work interpreting the triumphant and risen Lamb, evoking the mystery of death and resurrection.
In the Apocalypse of Saint John, the Lamb is described as slain but victorious, at the center of the heavenly throne and keeper of divine knowledge. The sculpture is conceived to develop inside an octagonal-based parallelepiped wrapped in a silvery mist that expands like an exploded crystal.
The Lamb, standing, crosses a pillar of light descending from the sky. The mist clears revealing the presence of an empty space, shaped like an egg, symbol of life beyond sacrifice. Tresoldi conceives this geometric structure as an organism of light that hides and reveals at the same time, in a play of transparencies and reflections.
The central components of the work are made of metal mesh with mirrored inserts, creating a dialogue between matter and luminosity. The metallic panels supporting it are integrated into a monometric whole, where light defines the meaning of the work and transforms the tower into a symbol of transcendence and hope.