A sculpture of a crucified frog holding a mug of beer on display at a Bolzano museum has sparked outrage in Italy.
ANSA reports that local clerics and politicians want the work removed.
The one metre high work by late German artist Martin Kippenberger belongs to his Fred the Frog series and depicts a warty, pop-eyed amphibian nailed to a cross with a frothing mug of beer in one hand.
No doubt, we’ll hear from PETA, tomorrow.
Thanks, K B
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Loincloth is way too tight!
A mug of beer?
A German artist?
An Italian museum?
If that were shown in a German museum, ten bucks says that there wouldn’t have been a peep of protest!
If you’re an artist, and not a very good one, the best way to being known is to offend somebody. He would have surpassed Warhol if he’d only been a gay, Jewish, handicapped frog.
It’s not easy being green.
The only thing offensive about this is that some people actually think it is art.
Ho Hum, another lame story about an unknown but supposedly highly-respected arrteeest who created another masterpiece designed to offend Christians. Just add it to the other collections – the chocolate Jesus, Jesus swimming in urine display, the gays at the Last Supper, the bearded Jesus / Osama bin Laden look alike, etc.
Insulting Christianity is for whimps.
Real artists go after another religion in the news a lot these days.
I posted this on the site, we will see if it actually sticks:
“I am confused…the crucifix was ancient capitol punishment device. Putting a frog on a cross offends? If ones faith is tried because of this…ones faith is not strong enough.
The cross cannot become an ‘idol’ to be worshiped… or has basic tenants of the faith changed?”
The chuckle, of course, is at the expense of the whiners who say – this doesn’t bother me, I’m a real mensch – but, obviously don’t miss cataloging a single example.
The high db public whines arrive, as expected, from those who are in the business of religion.
I’m mostly offended that I can’t figure out what the “artist” is trying to say.
Don’t give a frog beer? Don’t give a frog beer and let him play inside church?
The only conclusion I can come to is this “artwork” was intended solely to offend.
If that’s the case, why not just paint swastika’s on some synagogues?
#10, probably because insulting Jews is considered out of line, just as insulting the other various sacred cows we currently have in our society would be. Christians, in general, are not one of them.
And no mention about him holding an egg in the other hand? THAT offends me.
And of course Christians don’t know that crucification was common in olden days. Typical religious lemmings doing typical things.
I was thinking it must have generated equal response from American people if there was a green frog tied to an electric chair. But now we are talking about Italians, a green frog behind bars for life??
The word is “tenet.”
A tenant is someone who rents an apartment.
Mug of beer? I thought it was a purse.
The artist could up the ante by drawing cartoons mocking Muhammed.
We all know angry Christians don’t do anything.
If you do something anti-Muslim in Europe you either get $10 million bounty on your head (Rushdie) or publicly stabbed in the street in broad daylight (Dutch filmmaker).
How can we be sure this is a frog and not a ninja turtle?
This article is from a Catholic news site, and although it points out in one sentence that the artist did not intend this as a religious statement of any kind, that’s brushed aside because a bishop imagines otherwise.
It would be nice if there would ever come a day when Christians stopped imagining themselves being persecuted.
#14….thanks for that catch; those goofy renters and religion, if only I could get them to pay that tithe each month to me.
Does no one here care for the spiritual anguish of our amphibian flock?
#18– “It would be nice if there would ever come a day when Christians stopped imagining themselves being persecuted.”
What? And take away their sense of purpose?
“No doubt, we’ll hear from PETA, tomorrow.
Thanks, K B”
NO DOUBT, KB AGAIN REVEALS HIS BIAS AGAINST PETA.
For the record, Peta hasn’t commented. KB has.
You have to love a guy who doesn’t know how to read a blog.
Tee hee.
As a Christian, I believe that Christ wasn’t the only person to be crucified (there were two thieves with him). Obviously this frog is beer thief and is being properly punished for his crime. 🙂
SAVE THE FROG!!!