Black Christ 2008 by Paul Fryer
Afraid to cause a little controversy?
I tell you, we were better off when an artist needed a patron other than the govenment teat.
How I long for real Catholic art today. As a Catholic born in the 60’s, it has never been my generations privilege to see such creations. I lose my breath when I walk into an older church. The stained glass, the icons, the statues are absolutely breathtaking. The effect of walking into one of these churches is unknown to many younger Catholics today, and for good reason (according to “progressives”); it lifts the persons senses to awe and worship. God created us with 5 senses. He uses ALL of them to communicate with our hearts. Most of todays churches only focus on one, leaving the others devoid of stimulation and thereby causing them to seek out other means of it with horrendous results.My generation has been privy to
1. Elephant dung smeared on a picture of the Virgin
2. Crucifix in a beaker of urine
3. Jesus in the electric chair
4. An ape crucified
5. The last temptation of Christ
6. The Davinci code
I do want to give credit to “The Passion of the Christ” here, as that was one of the most inspirational films/ art of this generation,but beyond that, what a shameful, disturbing void............
Riots, beheadings and car bombings anyone?/s
No aborted baby art? What a hypocrite. Go figure.
It features an image which I obviously realise is provacative....
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I wonder if “provacative” is like “provocative”.
The artist just wants to make us think. I think the artist is a waste of good oxygen.
