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  Saint John of the Cross

  Antonio Oteiza approaches Saint John of the Cross through restraint, silence and inwardness. The tall, compact figure avoids narrative detail and traditional attributes, allowing the saint’s identity to emerge through contemplation rather than physical likeness.
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  Saint John the Baptist

  Antonio Oteiza presents Saint John the Baptist as a forceful, upright figure stripped back to what is essential. The saint is not idealised: his presence emerges from gesture, material and an inner urgency that turns him into a figure of warning and proclamation.
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  Saint Ignatius before the Virgin of Arantzazu

  Saint Ignatius stands before the Virgin of Arantzazu in a scene shaped by distance, silence and contemplation. Antonio Oteiza turns the spiritual encounter into a tension between two presences: the dark, restrained human figure and the monumental form rising before him.
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  Saint John of God

  Saint John of God stands beside a man in need of support. Antonio Oteiza presents compassion not as a grand gesture, but as physical and emotional closeness: two figures drawn together until care, trust and dignity become a shared presence.
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  Saint Sebastian

  Antonio Oteiza presents Saint Sebastian not as an idealised hero, but as a vulnerable human figure. The body stands against a tall wooden post, without arrows or explicit violence. The tilted head, the fragile silhouette and the tension between bronze and wood are enough to evoke martyrdom.
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  Saint Christopher

  Saint Christopher carries the Christ Child on his shoulders through a landscape reduced to its essential forms. Antonio Oteiza transforms the familiar legend into a powerful image of burden and purpose: a massive body becomes a support, while the small figure above gives meaning to the entire journey.
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  Saint Francis and Saint Ignatius

  Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Ignatius of Loyola meet in a scene that never took place historically, yet feels spiritually convincing. Antonio Oteiza brings together two founders and two distinct Christian traditions through proximity, exchanged attention and a gesture of mutual recognition.
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  Saint Ignatius Wounded

  Wounded and forced into stillness, Saint Ignatius sits within a space that both supports him and cuts him off from the world beyond. Antonio Oteiza captures the moment when physical defeat begins to become an inner turning point: the future founder has not yet been transformed, but his former life is already losing its hold.
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  Saint Ignatius at La Magdalena

  Saint Ignatius rises at the centre of a community that surrounds him, seeks him out and seems to call for his attention. Antonio Oteiza transforms the scene into an image of encounter: spiritual experience does not remain enclosed within the individual, but opens towards others and finds its meaning in listening, closeness and service.
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  Saint James

  Santiago appears as the guide of a humanity on the move. Around him gather pilgrims of different ages, attitudes and backgrounds, united by a shared direction. Antonio Oteiza transforms the relief into a collective image of the Way: an experience of searching, encounter and transformation undertaken together.
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  Saint Anthony of Padua

  Antonio Oteiza presents Saint Anthony of Padua as a figure of inwardness and closeness. The spiritual centre of the work lies in what the saint holds against his chest, while habit, posture and material merge into a single vertical form. Far removed from solemn distance, holiness is expressed here through welcome, restrained tenderness and self-giving.
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  Saint Francis of Assisi

  Saint Francis appears as an austere, vertical and inwardly focused presence. Antonio Oteiza concentrates the expressive force of the work in the hands and in the sign of the cross held close to the saint’s chest. Without narrative episodes or solemn gestures, the relief presents a spirituality founded on self-emptying, contemplation of Christ and the gift of one’s own life.