Bitter Sweet goodbyes

The “My Sweet Lord” display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan. Roger Smith Hotel president James Knowles cited the public outcry for his decision.The reaction “is crystal clear and has brought to our attention the unintended reaction of you and other conscientious friends of ours to the exhibition,” Knowles wrote in the two-paragraph cancellation notice.Matt Semler, the gallery’s creative director, resigned in protest.Sioux City Journal: Do you think a Holy Week art exhibit featuring a nude chocolate Jesus should have been shut down?:I wish I could say this didn’t surprise me, but I am sorry.

Nude Chocolate Jesus not Delicious

NEW YORK — The Easter season unveiling of a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ, dubbed “My Sweet Lord” by its creator, left a sour taste Thursday in the mouths of a Catholic group infuriated by the anatomically correct confection. “This is one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever,” said Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League.

Dedicated to the art of the Nude

Once again the time has come for the barebrush monthly juried show. I’ve put in a good showing so far, gaining an honorable mention for Grace last month in the new competition that has been added and having several of my pieces featured in the exhibition.

A New Impasto Nude

Currently Untitled,by JennieAt this rate I might end up being one of those artists who names everything ‘untitled’! anyway, I am looking at more challenging shapes within this technique. before my impasto pieces had a total of 6 main lines.

Bad Taste Nudity

Accusations of “extraordinary bad taste” were levelled Sunday after details emerged of an Austrian designer snapping nude photos at a former Nazi concentration camp.Gudrun Geiblinger, an up-and-coming poster designer, used the memorial site at the former Mauthausen death camp as backdrop for nude photos of herself, the news magazine Profil wrote in its latest edition.http://jurnalo.com/jurnalo/storyPage.do?story_id=18621While I understand needing a place with a certain ‘look’, I submit that more care needs to be taken to preserve the dignity of an important site and to respect that many people might not consider it appropriate to pose nude where atrocities have taken place.

Nudes Spreading Peace

My art belongs to the people of India,“ Husain said in an interview published in The Times of India on Tuesday. ”I’m more concerned about art reaching the common people.“ Husain, who comes from a Muslim family, was forced to leave India several years ago because of threats against his life over paintings in which he portrayed Hindu deities in the nude.