It's smut, not art, Loveland protesters say

The Denver Post ^ | 10/1/10 | Monte Whaley

[Bulldawg Fan]

LOVELAND — About 25 to 30 residents stood outside the Loveland Museum/Gallery this morning protesting a portion of an exhibit that appears to show Jesus Christ involved in a sex act.

"This is not art, it's smut, pure and simple," said Ronald Minto, who said he's not against graphic art per se. But the color lithograph produced by Stanford University's Enrique Chagoya is outright pornography, he said.

"This is a museum, not an X-rated book store," said Minto.

The lithograph is spread over 12 panels, each about 7- by 7-inches, and is called "The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals."

It's part of an touring 10-artist exhibit titled "The Legend of Bud Shark and His Indelible Ink."

The exhibit is slated to be at the Loveland Museum/Gallery through Nov. 28. But Loveland City Councilwoman Donna Rice hopes the public will put enough public pressure on the city, to force Chagoya's piece to be be yanked.

"This is a taxpayer supported, public museum and it's family-friendly," Rice said, adding a court-ordered injunction may also be in order. "This is not something the community can be proud of."

[Bulldawg Fan]

Rest easy, there is no descicration of Islam here. No threats to cut off heads or riots. Also, no call from the President of the United States to remove or not show this, no call from Sarah Palin either, no world wide outcry. No call from anyone other than locals. And they are being ignored. Double standard???? No way........ But just imagine if this was Muhammed instead of Jesus Christ. Oh my God!

[Cowboy Bob]

A Muslim would know what to do! :0P

[G Larry]

It’s time to issue a fatwah!

[cripplecreek]

Looks like they hit several communist goals with this one.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”

23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”

24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.

25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.

26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”

[GOPJ]

The MSM will be very quiet about this - the ACLU won't give a damn... It's not a cartoon of Mohammad after all...

[CGASMIA68]

this guys work is all garbage

http://www.sharksink.com/printview.asp?printid=454&artists=15

[Da Coyote]

Yup, nothing to see here, it’s only about Jesus.

Now if were about the 6th century child molester....well, that’s a horse (or a behead) of a different color.

[G Larry]

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[MrB]

You know, now that I’ve looked at those,

they sure fit a Luciferian manifesto as well...

No coincidence.

[a fool in paradise]

This is a taxpayer supported, public museum

Then it MUST come down. The same "STATE" that is PROHIBITED from exhibiting the 10 Commandments or a Christmas tree on public property cannot use taxdollars to spit or sh*t on Christians EITHER.

[onedoug]

Why doesn´t this cowardly artist take on islam?

[a fool in paradise]

The antiChristian ACLU is only upset when it is a PRO-Christian representation.

The Constitution makes it clear that establishment clause covers both sides of the coin.

The ACLU is a bunch of communist bigots.

[fml]

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

[CGASMIA68]

The douch bag is on the left wing faculty......

http://art.stanford.edu/profile/Enrique+Chagoya/

[a fool in paradise]

If there is nothing wrong with the explicit nature of the content, then why didn’t the newspaper reprint at least an excerpt of the work?

[Spok]

If it’s Jesus, it’s art. If it was Muhammed, it would be hate speech. Welcome to Orwell’s 1984.

[Red Badger]

All those, and more, are in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World society.............

[mojito]

What? No jihad? No fatwa? No “artist” gone into hiding because of death threats?

[DuncanWaring]

You’ve answered your own question.

But then, you already knew that.