It’s amazing that Kim Kardashian's Skims just dropped thongs with fake pubic hair. Is more acceptable to the average person.And it’s all over the Inter Web and the media.But anytime you hang art of related subjects you get pushback from the public.
The messages in the Cathedral are certainly thought provoking and to the point. As they should be. I don’t agree however with the damage done by the graffiti to the interior of an historic site. That is unforgivable. Place the graffiti on canvass or linen and temporarily attach to the locations but do not permanently harm. As for the erotic side of art people need to get over themselves.
I don't like graffiti at all, and am particular about cathedral aesthetics, but I think this is brilliant and in perfect keeping with what christianity, and churches, are supposed to be: a home for the marginalised and voiceless. To bring these voices in and let them speak using a mode of artistic expression that is truly their own is the best thing I've seen in a long time and a powerful reminder of whom the church is supposed to be serving. That it makes pompous money-grubbing racists like JD Vance and Elon seethe is absolutely the cherry on the cake.
I'm sure a lot of the criticism comes from a perception that the church is engaging in 'wokery' rather than a genuine understanding of the premise or the content of the exhibition. As you say, the project ticks all the Church's boxes in terms of being an institution that is inclusive.
It’s amazing that Kim Kardashian's Skims just dropped thongs with fake pubic hair. Is more acceptable to the average person.And it’s all over the Inter Web and the media.But anytime you hang art of related subjects you get pushback from the public.
Ha! yes. I wonder why.
The messages in the Cathedral are certainly thought provoking and to the point. As they should be. I don’t agree however with the damage done by the graffiti to the interior of an historic site. That is unforgivable. Place the graffiti on canvass or linen and temporarily attach to the locations but do not permanently harm. As for the erotic side of art people need to get over themselves.
Apparently the 'graffiti' is actually stuck on and will cause no damage when it is taken down in a few weeks.
Thank goodness.
I don't like graffiti at all, and am particular about cathedral aesthetics, but I think this is brilliant and in perfect keeping with what christianity, and churches, are supposed to be: a home for the marginalised and voiceless. To bring these voices in and let them speak using a mode of artistic expression that is truly their own is the best thing I've seen in a long time and a powerful reminder of whom the church is supposed to be serving. That it makes pompous money-grubbing racists like JD Vance and Elon seethe is absolutely the cherry on the cake.
I'm sure a lot of the criticism comes from a perception that the church is engaging in 'wokery' rather than a genuine understanding of the premise or the content of the exhibition. As you say, the project ticks all the Church's boxes in terms of being an institution that is inclusive.