Art work sparks debate, comments
Judging from the amount of comments generated by today’s story on the crucifix at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, the icon will continue to spark debate.
Some people apparently see it as a blatent attempt at the sexualization of Jesus, while others simply see it as artwork resembling the original crucifix it was reportedly made to look like.
My colleague John Estus wrote the story about the controversy swirling around the crucifix in question.
I looked at a picture of it and saw what was troubling opponents of the artwork. I then did an Internet search about the San Damiano crucifix that it is styled after. All of the San Damiano images on the Internet also show Christ with what looks like a distended abdomen and that may be because that was the way abdomens were painted back then. The crucifix at St. Charles Borromeo does look to be different from those images in that the abdomen area is much more pronounced.
It all makes for an perplexing situation for the Oklahoma City church and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
Do they take the crucifix down and try to end the controversy that way? Do they have the artist, Janet Jaime, make modifications to her work to appease people who are displeased with it? Do they leave the artwork alone and leave it where it is?
Those are questions that come to mind.
If you are curious about the San Diamiano crucifix, here are links to related Web sites:
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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