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divegeester
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What is the thinking on this sort of Christian art by Stephen Sawyer?

https://www.art4god.com/

Does it have a place in the Christian spiritual life?

Crass?

Brilliant?

Insightful?

divegeester
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Probably no surprises that I’m not a fan, just to be transparent to start with.

It is well painted to be fair; just awful in every other way imo.

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Um, er . . . I'm sure he meant well.

Shouldn't Jesus look half-Jewish and half-Cosmic?

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@divegeester

In this one, it seems like Jesus is Bogarting that 8-ball [if I am even using that right].

https://www.art4god.com/store/calvary1

Get your own stuff, dude!

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Jesus is probably quoting Wilson Fisk as we type:

"It makes me feel alone."

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@bigdoggproblem said
@divegeester

In this one, it seems like Jesus is Bogarting that 8-ball [if I am even using that right].

https://www.art4god.com/store/calvary1

Get your own stuff, dude!
How to take the core of a theistic idea of love and redemption and utterly destroy it with Americanistic pseudo-spiritual crassness and make a buck on the side.

Ugg.

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@caesar-salad said
Jesus is probably quoting Wilson Fisk as we type:

"It makes me feel alone."
Why??

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While I enjoy it and think the themes and style are powerful, I would not want to see it in a church, but I definitely would not mind seeing it in a person's home.

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@philokalia said
While I enjoy it and think the themes and style are powerful, I would not want to see it in a church, but I definitely would not mind seeing it in a person's home.
Would you have it in your home?

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@divegeester said
Would you have it in your home?
If I got it for free, I might put it in the computer room, but I think I would maybe be overruled.

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@divegeester said
What is the thinking on this sort of Christian art by Stephen Sawyer?

https://www.art4god.com/

Does it have a place in the Christian spiritual life?

Crass?

Brilliant?

Insightful?
Interesting things in the store.

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@secondson said
Interesting things in the store.
What do you think of the art?

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All this said, I don't think there is one "correct" response to art.

Good art can speak to different people in different ways.

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@caesar-salad said
Jesus is probably quoting Wilson Fisk as we type:

"It makes me feel alone."
Kudos for the Wilson Fisk reference.

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@suzianne said
Kudos for the Wilson Fisk reference.
Why?

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