Coathanger crucifix now scaring me in the real world as well as the virtual
You’re not going to believe this one.
I walked into my cathedral this morn to be confronted by this terrifying sculpture, which I found so scary and disturbing when I first saw it online that I blogged about it here.
Now I really will have nightmares….
Tags: Christian Life
August 29th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
You poor thing!
August 29th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
I couldn’t believe it, it is literally right at the inside entrance and is on a MASSIVE cross which is different to the images. My face was level with its toes!
So many folks taking piccies of it, goodness knows why…
August 29th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
It’s dreadful! I suppose it’s art but is it really appropriate in a Cathedral? Perhaps the idea is to really bring home graphically Christ’s suffering, but to me it just seems to be the work of an artist seeking to shock and therefore gain notoriety and higher prices for his/her work. Maybe I’m getting too cynical! I think I would find it very off-putting in Church…
August 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
That is surreal! It really makes me feel uncomfortable, which I suppose is the purpose of it.
August 30th, 2010 at 5:36 am
In order to comment on this I would have to see a picture
August 30th, 2010 at 11:17 am
@Dennis,
If you click through the highlighted link in the opening blogpost ‘terrifying sculpture’ you will see it.
The one that makes me most uncomfortable, is Damien Hirst’s – St Bartholomew; exquisite pain. An 8ft bronze, which depicts St Bartholomew flayed alive, and holding his own skin.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GzQnzaF4k-o/So2w-Zu963I/AAAAAAAAIcY/BjsdKaM0MVY/s1600-h/damien+hirst.jpg
Is both repelling and compelling.
August 31st, 2010 at 6:44 pm
We have gotten way too comfortable with the real idea, or reality really, of Christ’s crucifixion!