Shocking Sculpture Shows Jesus in Electric Chair
source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/oh-the-french-cathedral-displays-scul...
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"This week, a cathedral in the French town of Gap displayed a sculpture that depicts Jesus Christ sitting in an electric chair.
Good Lord! (Or mon Dieu, in this particular case.)
The sculpture, by London artist Paul Fryer, is titled "Pieta," though anyone expecting a resemblance to Michelangelo's masterpiece of the same name (or any other pieta, for that matter) is definitely in for a surprise.
Made of wax, wood and human hair, the sculpture portrays Jesus in a quasi-crucifix pose except that instead of on the cross, he is slumped unconscious in a modern-day electric chair.
In an article in Le Monde, the Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco explained that he wanted "to make us aware once more that someone being nailed to a cross is a scandal. Usually, we no longer feel any real emotions in the face of something truly scandalous, the crucifixion."
He added that he was overjoyed to see "a large number of people who normally don't step foot in a church line up at the cathedral.""
Good Lord! (Or mon Dieu, in this particular case.)
The sculpture, by London artist Paul Fryer, is titled "Pieta," though anyone expecting a resemblance to Michelangelo's masterpiece of the same name (or any other pieta, for that matter) is definitely in for a surprise.
Made of wax, wood and human hair, the sculpture portrays Jesus in a quasi-crucifix pose except that instead of on the cross, he is slumped unconscious in a modern-day electric chair.
In an article in Le Monde, the Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco explained that he wanted "to make us aware once more that someone being nailed to a cross is a scandal. Usually, we no longer feel any real emotions in the face of something truly scandalous, the crucifixion."
He added that he was overjoyed to see "a large number of people who normally don't step foot in a church line up at the cathedral.""
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