Sunday, January 07, 2007
So ... who is Baby Jesus?
So ... here's the story behind this.
This "little" mural was painted in a Wal Mart in Raleigh, N.C.
If you have seen the story already, then you know who it is.
If you haven't, that thar is an artist's rendition of Angelina Jolie. As the Virgin Mary.
Here is a little excerpt from the Yahoo article on the painting:
On her blog, Kretz, 43, said the painting addresses "the celebrity worship cycle." She said she chose Jolie for the subject "because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her 'unattainable' beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status."
So... Shiloh is Baby Jesus? The much anticipated child? So ... does that make Brad ... God? Or is this a way to tell the world that Brad ISN'T the father of Shiloh?
Certainly an interesting and thought-provoking piece of artwork ... which is what art is supposed to do, right? Remember Picasso? Remember Van Gogh? Oh ... all right. I don't think I will lump this artist with the late and greats, but it certainly does provoke some thoughts.
Yet I wonder if it has curtailed the shoplifting at that Wal Mart? Because I know if I was headed out the door with pilfered goods, I would probably drop them as I stood at the entrance, mouth agape, wondering what this world was coming to.
posted by Knitting Maniac at 8:43 AM
I'm a mom of three peeps ... Queen Bee, The Door Man, and the Chandelier Monkey, and wife to Ace, the Helpful Hardware Man. I created this space to get away from the people known as my inlaws, and because life with three kids and a hubby is all Unexplored Territory.
The nine-year-old who seems to be growing older every minute, has an opinion and a comment for everything, and has a true servant's heart.
The seven-year-old who loves the organization of things, will someday be someone's therapist because of his kind soul, and will more than likely be living with us until he is 40 years old.
The five-year-old with the 13-year-old attitude, who has a dictator's personality, asks you to watch her all the time and say "hold on" to keep your attention, and will someday come home on the back of some dude's motorcycle with 10 tatts and a body piercing or two.
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6 Comments:
That is VERY interesting. Very odd that it would be painted in a Wal-mart, I think.
I'm kind of surprised Wal-Mart has allowed that to be in one of their stores. It's very...odd.
My lord Mer, I had not seen this. BIZARRO! It belongs in our docket.."boy nabbed while caught off guard staring at religous painting of AJ in a wal-mart..the sight of it caused him to shit the t.v. he had shoved up his butt"
:)
missed you today...
I don't think this is in a Walmart. Instead, it is part of the mural. Wal-mart is depicted as hell in the painting. Interesting, huh?
Here is the artist's website:
http://www.katekretz.com/paint.html
This is a little too strange for me. Angelina as the Virgin Mary? Please!
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