bxbomb Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 yummy just in time for easter Storm in US over chocolate Jesus The sculpture is due to be exhibited in the run-up to Easter A New York gallery has angered a US Catholic group with its decision to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ. The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled "My Sweet Lord", depicts Jesus Christ naked on the cross. Catholic League head Bill Donohue called it "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever". The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, will be displayed from Monday at Manhattan's Lab Gallery. The Catholic League, which describes itself as the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organisation, also criticised the timing of the exhibition. "The fact that they chose Holy Week shows this is calculated, and the timing is deliberate," Mr Donohue said. He called for a boycott of the gallery and the hotel which houses it. 'Overwhelming response' The gallery's creative director, Matt Semler, said the gallery was considering its options in the wake of angry e-mails and telephone calls. "We're obviously surprised by the overwhelming response and offence people have taken," he said. "We are certainly in the process of trying to figure out what we're going to do next." Mr Semler said the timing of the exhibition was coincidental. Mr Cavallaro, the Canadian-born artist, is known for using food ingredients in his art, on one occasion painting a hotel room in mozzarella cheese. He used 200 pounds (90 kg) of chocolate to make the sculpture which, unusually, depicts Jesus without a loincloth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydup Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 chocolate city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 should be made out of white chocolate tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Will the statue get eaten? I wonder who will get the penis.In other news, "Chocolate Jesus Cock" is going on the Band Name Shortlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 should be made out of white chocolate thoGiven that it only take 150 lbs of chocolate to make a 6-foot loin-clothed chocolate Jesus... perhaps dark chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...fuck, i thought this was gonna be something we could buy and consume...hope they eat jesus and dont let the chocolate go to waste... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 htey could feed lots of hungry people with that chocolate jesus after the holiday.and i believe that would make jesus very happy if he's looking down from above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 ...fuck, i thought this was gonna be something we could buy and consume...hope they eat jesus and dont let the chocolate go to waste...this is something more like what you had in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 pussies caved to the pressureBy LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer 44 minutes agoNEW YORK - A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday amid a choir of complaining Catholics that included Cardinal Edward Egan. The "My Sweet Lord" display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan, said Matt Semler, the gallery's creative director. Semler said he submitted his resignation after officials at the Roger Smith Hotel shut down the show.The six-foot sculpture was the victim of "a strong-arming from people who haven't seen the show, seen what we're doing," Semler said. "They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions."But word of the confectionary Christ infuriated Catholics, including Egan, who described it as "a sickening display." Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, said it was "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever."The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats over the work of artist Cosimo Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the decision to cancel the display."In this situation, the hotel couldn't continue to be supportive because of a fear for their own safety," Semler said.The sculpture was to debut Monday evening, the day after Palm Sunday and just four days before Roman Catholics mark the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The final day of the exhibit was planned for Easter Sunday.The artwork was created from more than 200 pounds of milk chocolate, and features Christ with his arms outstretched as if on an invisible cross. Unlike the typical religious portrayal of Christ, the Cavallaro creation does not include a loincloth.Cavallaro is best known for his quirky work with food as art: Past efforts include repainting a Manhattan hotel room in melted mozzarella, spraying five tons of pepper jack cheese on a Wyoming home, and festooning a four-poster bed with 312 pounds of processed ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...i guess...rather have a chocolate jesus figurine...like a chocolate bunny but a jesus instead...and stuff him with raspberry sauce to represent his blood...edit: pussies is right, wtf are people really afraid of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 edit: pussies is right, wtf are people really afraid of?Apparently a brown Jesus peener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...lol...so if stymie had his way, and it were white chocolate, do you think this would be any different?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 talking about jesus peener is just plain dissrespectful, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...really?...did jesus not have a peener?...now that would be something to talk about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 im sure he did but id rather not talk about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...well we're not really discussing it...but dont you think it's fucked up that this work of art is not going to be displayed because of such ridiculous concerns?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortkat5 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 I gave up chocolate for lent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyis4meatheads Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 So Jesus is man with chocolate face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...well we're not really discussing it...but dont you think it's fucked up that this work of art is not going to be displayed because of such ridiculous concerns?...honeslty, i didnt even ready it lol, i only saw the peener part (shrug) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...you should read it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 im lazy, its too long, maybe lata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatman Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...see now, if ya had a chocolate jesus, you'd have a little energy to make it through the read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuGaRNSpIcE Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 :what:sheesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starscream Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 ...see now, if ya had a chocolate jesus, you'd have a little energy to make it through the read...lmao . honestly i do'nt see the big deal .but i think they should have put him in rags or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 People who were crucified were stripped naked. Jesus in a loincloth is historically inaccurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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