“One of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever” screamed Bill Donohue – head of The Catholic League which describes itself as the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organisation (now there’s an oxymoron). Rah, rah rah…
He was talking about an art gallery in New York which was about to exhibit a life-sized effigy of Jesus Christ made entirely from chocolate. In my view, any art is good art and should be seen, though this particular piece has the added bonus of offending Catholics (which in most cases is no bad thing).
Not sure what the official church line is on what Jesus can be made out of, but off the top of my head I’ve seen wood, ceramics, plastic, china, precious metals and a range of others; why not a bar of Dairy Milk or two? Why can’t Bill and his gang take a leaf out of other religions’ books, like Muslims who regularly see Allah’s name in bags of crisps and sliced tomatoes and whatever.
For all his ire, it might even have the opposite effect and even encourage people to return to church congregations, particularly women attending Holy Communion: “Take this, for this is my body. It’s made with a glass and a half of full-cream milk…”
Unexpectedly, it seems the good people of Wiltshire are far more open-minded than New Yorkers as the church of Bradford-on-Avon openly embraced exactly the same thing as part of the Easter celebrations.
Apparently, the New York artist, Cosimo Cavallaro, is famous for using food in his art, and once painted an entire hotel room with mozzarella cheese. That’s my kind of holiday.
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