Obama The Crucified Messiah?

Zack —  October 29, 2012 — 5 Comments

 

 

 

Wow.

Usually when we see pieces of art (and I use that term loosely) mixing faith and politics it comes from someone on the religious right.

But lest you think they are the only ones tearing down the wall between church and state, here is proof that crazy has no political affiliation.

This painting of Barack Obama as a crucified Christ originally appeared in 2009 to mark Obama’s first 100 days in office, but apparently it caused so much outrage it that the show it was to be featured in had to be cancelled.

Now, Michael D’Antuono’s painting The Truth is getting a second chance in a Boston Art Gallery just in time for the election.

I really doubt this painting will have any effect on the election, but I do know one thing.

The Truth is the wrong title for this painting.

What should it be called?

Well, if this painting isn’t The American Jesus then I don’t know what is.

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  • BG

    The blasphemy of this is unspeakable.

  • Fat Jack

    where are the two theives that should be hanging on his side (pelosi & frank)?

  • Jim

    I think the interesting thing about this painting is deciding whether the artist intends this to poke fun at the way many people talk about Barack Obama or whether the artist sees our President that way.

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