4.01.2007

so...jesus was made of crackers?

From The Scotsman:

A Manhattan art gallery cancelled its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture of a naked Jesus on Friday after an outcry by Roman Catholics.


I don't know about you, but I'm thinking of all people to take offense at a rendering of Christ in edible material...


(photo via the artist's website)


UPDATE 4.2.2007.22:54--Wow. So I caught this on the front page of Google News yesterday afternoon during the 15 or so minutes I actually spent online this weekend, and saw an opportunity for an easy one liner-cum-South Park reference. Apparently, everyone is talking about this. The mind reels.

Artists-as-provacateurs and people who live off the moral outrage of the moment exist in such a weird symbiosis. Neither has much of a reason to exist without the other.

What did we talk about before this internet thing came along, anyway?

3 comments:

Gino said...

i was thinkin much this same thing.
that,
and a few months ago here in the OC, at a chocolate maker, there was a pile of drippings that the mexicans swore was the virgin mary.
naturally, the crowd came out, the maker was stuck with its preservation, etc...

anywho...
i couldnt/cant get the post together without somehow being offensive, so it sits...
being catholic, i'm sensitive to these sort of things, but not in a riculous sort of way.

Brian said...

being catholic, i'm sensitive to these sort of things, but not in a riculous sort of way.

That's good...I was only aiming for being mildly offensive to Catholics...

Gino said...

i can laugh at myself,brian.

you point out weirdness that the outsider can see, without being over the top in disrespect.