Artist Defends Osama-as-Jesus (Crappy Art)

news.com.au ^ | August 30, 2007 | ELIZABETH FORTESCUE,

[DogByte6RER]

Artist defends Osama-as-Jesus

ELIZBETH FORTESCUE, SYDNEY

August 30, 2007 02:15am

THE Queensland artist behind a controversial work depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus today invited those considering her work to look a little more deeply than the obvious comparison of good and evil.

Priscilla Bracks denied she had deliberately set out to be offensive.

"Absolutely not, no, no. I am not interested in being offensive. I am interested in having a discussion and asking questions about how we think about our world and what we accept and what we don't accept," she told ABC radio.

The Prime Minister Johns Howard has branded the work "gratuitously offensive" to Christians.

Ms Bracks' work and a statue of the Virgin Mary wearing an Islamic burqa by Sydney artist Luke Sullivan have been entered into Australia's top religious art competition, the Blake Prize.

Both Mr Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd have criticised their inclusion.

"The choice of such artwork is gratuitously offensive to the religious beliefs of many Australians," Mr Howard said in News Ltd newspapers.

Ms Bracks welcomed the criticism.

"Well I suppose we always have an opinion on how they do their job. I am fine with the fact that they might have an opinion on how I do mine," she said.

[DogByte6RER]

If this crappy art was produced here stateside I would expect the NEA to have funded it.

This is such garbage that it should be painted on black velvet and sold on a Tijuana street corner...

[DogByte6RER]

Priscilla Joyce Bracks' Bearded Orientals, Making the Empire Cross is a lenticular image in which the viewer can flip between portraits of Jesus and Osama bin Laden, by shifting slightly from side to side.

[NurdlyPeon]

Priscilla Bracks denied she had deliberately set out to be offensive.

Translation: She had deliberately set out to be offensive (probably due to lack of talent).

[DogByte6RER]

Related commentary:

“Jesus bin Laden” by Andrew Bolt

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/eating_ourselves_alive/

[LongElegantLegs]

To me, this piece says...

[sinanju]

I don’t think our transgressive heroine thought this through.

What are muslims gonna think about her christifying Osama?

They might be reeeeaaal offended, Hmm?

[Recovering Hermit]

Ms. Bracks welcomed the criticism.

I guarantee that...the publicity may help unload a few more of these lemons.

[LibFreeOrDie]

...and a statue of the Virgin Mary wearing an Islamic burqa

Oh, how I long for the days when the Virgin Mary was merely daubed in elephant dung! /sarcasm

Dung or burqa? Decisions, decisions...

[DogByte6RER]

I thought you might like this one...

ping

[Slings and Arrows]

So let's meet her halfway: When we catch Osama, have him crucified.

[pissant]

Hopefully his remains will fit into a shoebox

[pissant]

BTW, what happened to Sully??

[Slings and Arrows]

Dunno. He hasn’t been banned, FWIW.

[pissant]

Actully, I just checked. He was banned. OR maybe opused out

[Slings and Arrows]

You’re right; I checked on the wrong Sully.

Sometimes FR seems to eat its young.

[Slings and Arrows]

Too lenient.

[Daffynition]

Are we talkin' the real Bin Laden or a wannabe?

[Beckwith]

"Absolutely not, no, no. I am not interested in being offensive. I am interested in having a discussion and asking questions about how we think about our world and what we accept and what we don't accept,"

This woman is either as dumb as a rock or liar.

[Lady Jag]

He should have just put 'bama's head on the wall.