Unfortunately, that’s what the Diocese of Milwaukee got when they employed Vosko to redo the Milwaukee’s cathedral of Saint John. Archbishop Rembert Weakland was in command at the time, a name you may recognize from today’s news. Weakland’s plans to denude the old cathedral, especially the 40-foot high marble canopy over the high altar—something he decried as having “no artistic or historic value,” met with Vatican censure. But Weakland went ahead and did it anyway and now, the cathedral, denuded and stark, stands as a testament to fashionable bad taste.
People wanted to buy the architectural features that were ripped out of the Cathedral -- columns, pediments, brackets, etc. Weakland claimed that they crumbled when being removed and could not be saved. I think that the crucifix over the altar is just bizarre. The throns are larger than the Christ figure. See below:
This photo is taken from the choir loft, but the ordinary worshiper does not view that crucifix from the same angle:
I just learned today that it is made of FIBERGLASS!
I do like the colors they chose for the renovation. THey are lovely.