{"id":5007,"date":"2010-10-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/shock-art-exhibit-depicts-jesus-in-sex-act.html"},"modified":"2010-10-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:00:00","slug":"shock-art-exhibit-depicts-jesus-in-sex-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/shock-art-exhibit-depicts-jesus-in-sex-act.html","title":{"rendered":"Shock: art exhibit depicts Jesus in sex act?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s what’s causing a furor out in Colorado, according to this report: <\/a><\/p>\n

An exhibit at a Colorado art gallery is stirring up outrage from critics who say it depicts Jesus Christ in a sexual act.<\/p>\n

Enrique Chagoya’s “The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals,” created in 2003, is a multipanel piece in which “cultural and religious icons are presented with humor and placed in contradictory, unexpected and sometimes controversial contexts,” the artist’s publisher, Shark’s Ink, said on its website.<\/p>\n

The lithograph, on display since Sept. 11 at the tax-funded Loveland Museum Gallery in Loveland, Colo., is part of an 82-print exhibit by 10 artists who have worked with Colorado printer Bud Shark. It includes several images of Jesus, including one in which he appears to be receiving oral sex from a man as the word “orgasm” appears beside Jesus’ head.<\/p>\n

Dozens of protesters gathered at the museum over the weekend to object to Chagoya’s work, including Loveland Councilman Daryle Klassen, who failed to get the issue on the council agenda but said he’ll keep pressing to have what he has called “smut” and “pornography” taken down.<\/p>\n

“This is a taxpayer-supported, public museum and it’s family-friendly,” Donna Rice, another member of the city council, told the Denver Post. “This is not something the community can be proud of.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest. <\/a> The link also contains other links that show part of the exhibit, so you can judge it for yourself. <\/p>\n

Also, a video report about the exhibit is below. <\/p>\n

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