Posted on 11/29/2010 2:37:07 PM PST by MissesBush
FULL TITLE: Smithsonian Christmas-Season Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Jesus, Naked Brothers Kissing, Genitalia, and Ellen DeGeneres Grabbing Her Breasts
The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition that features images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show's catalog as "homoerotic."
“This is an exhibition that displays masterpieces of American portraiture and we wanted to illustrate how questions of biography and identity went into the making of images that are canonical,” David C. Ward, a National Portrait Gallery (NGP) historian who is also co-curator of the exhibit, told CNSNews.com.
A plaque fixed to the wall at the entrance to the exhibit says that the National Portrait Gallery is “committed to showing how a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in America’s promise of equality, inclusion, and social dignity. As America’s museum of national biography, the NPG is also vitally interested in the art of portrayal and how portraiture reflects our ideas about ourselves and others.
"These themes, historic and artistic, come together in 'Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,' the first major exhibition to examine the influence of gay and lesbian artists in creating modern American portraiture," says the plaque. "'Hide/Seek' chronicles how, as outsiders, gay and lesbian artists occupied a position that turned to their advantage, making essential contributions to both the art of portraiture and to the creation of modern American culture."
The Smithsonian Institution has an annual budget of $761 million, 65 percent of which comes from the federal government, according to Linda St. Thomas, the Smithsonian's chief spokesperson.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
There is a day coming, and it may be sooner than most think, that the individuals who do this mocking of Christ, unless they change directions,are going to be humbled by Him. And it won’t be a fun experience.
As a counter to these despicable actions, try to watch and tell people about a movie called “The Perfect Gift”. It’s an excellent Christian Christmas story.
Scroll down and you get brief bios of the members of the board of regents. I’d say that Chief Justice Roberts is probably the ONLY conservative on the entire board. I don’t know all of them, but that’s my impression.
For instance, what does it take to get on the board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation? You’ve got to be an ultra lib abortion lover.
They are next, right after NPR.
You cannot call a Islamic Jihadist a Jihadist, but you can make these things part of a gallery?
The Leftards need to be de-funded, pronto.
Me. too. Too bad as the Smithsonian has a lot to see and enjoy. I just don’t give them money anymore.
We should not be funding garbage like this.
Thanks for the warning. I just crossed the Smithsonian from the list of family friendly places to visit. Never again until it’s cleaned up.
Everything is about labels these days, nothing of substance or character.
I was always content with live and let live, now it is being shoved down our throats no matter.
So naturally you present something so disgusting, so abhorrent, that the rest of us will want to include you in our circles and respect your "dignity." has anyone asked that idiot curator how the display is to achieve those ends?
I cancelled mine when they rewrote the history of the Second World War, especially whitewashing the role which the Enola Gay played in ending the war. “The Smithsonian” and “The National Geographic” have slid so far to the left that they are unreliable and unreadable. sd
Just the ones you have known? Aren't they going to burn in Hell, anyway?
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Gee! How brave. ( /s)
An ant covered Mohamed?...Now that would be brave.
Speechless again
The same with me. They do have quite a bit to offer, but I don't give money to my enemies.
Yep. The Enola Gay did it for me. I've dropped the Nat'l Geo as well (and I have Geos going back as far as 1905).
I had this up to ping out. It’s doubly horrible that our tax money pays for this offensive filth.
However, I'm sure the government mind-control institutions in the DC area will be bringing their children to the exhibit...
Funny. According to Obama, WE are the enemy. It is Obama’s Bizzaro America.
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