Chocolate Jesus exhibit canceled

A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group.

The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled "My Sweet Lord", depicts a naked Jesus Christ with his arms outspread.

The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, was to have been displayed from Monday at Manhattan's Lab Gallery.

The timing, over Easter Holy Week - the most important part of the Christian year - provoked an outcry.

The Roger Smith Hotel housing the Lab gallery decided to cancel the exhibition after the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called for a boycott.

'Strong-arming'

"We're delighted with the outcome," said Kiera McCaffrey, spokeswoman for the League.

Ms McCaffrey had called the exhibit "an assault on Christians".

"They would never dare do something similar with a chocolate statue of the Prophet Mohammed naked with his genitals exposed during Ramadan."

The Lab gallery's artistic director, Matt Semler, has offered his resignation, saying the decision to cancel the exhibition was a result of "strong-arming from people who haven't seen the show, seen what we're doing.

"They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions," he said.

Mr Semler said the timing of the exhibition - when Christians mark the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ - was coincidental.

Canadian-born Mr Cavallaro is known for using food ingredients in his art, on one occasion painting a hotel room in mozzarella cheese.

He used 200 pounds (90 kg) of chocolate to make the sculpture which, unusually, depicts Jesus without a loincloth. It showed him suspended in air with his arms spread wide, as if crucified.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6513155.stm

Jesus said it best when he said, 'Eat me.'

Easter candy, the true body of Christ.

Chocolate Jesus should replace the chocolate bunnies.

Chocolate Jesus should replace the chocolate bunnies.

That would only make sense.

i'm surprised it hasn't been done by the more fundamentalist protestants.:confused:

the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called for a boycott........."We're delighted with the outcome," said Kiera McCaffrey, spokeswoman for the League..........McCaffrey had called the exhibit "an assault on Christians".

Wow. Chocolate Jeezus.

It's incredible what meaningless issues and occurences the superstitionist twits in this country will get all worked up over.

Yes indeed!

I wonder if they would have minded if it was white chocolate...

I saw the statue on CNN last night. It was very well done.

That it matters that the "Jesus" is made of chocolate rather than granite informs us that even non-religious people have a sense of what an icon represents.

"They would never dare do something similar with a chocolate statue of the Prophet Mohammed naked with his genitals exposed during Ramadan." Well given that Mohammed wasn't killed "naked with his genitals exposed during Ramadan" and that the celebration is about the Quaran and fasting that would seem extremely inappropriate. How come these religious assholes see fit to compare their religion to others for suppossed 'persecution' but would never do so under any other circumstances? And How come this asshole uses an example from a religion of which he obviously doesn't have a fucking clue about? I mean FUCK, this is their spokesperson, you know the one who is suppossed to be the most articulate...

Wow. Chocolate Jeezus.

It's incredible what meaningless issues and occurences the superstitionist twits in this country will get all worked up over.
it's their job~if it were about Ted Bundy, they probably would have just shook their heads and went about their day.

Well given that Mohammed wasn't killed "naked with his genitals exposed during Ramadan" and that the celebration is about the Quaran and fasting that would seem extremely inappropriate. How come these religious assholes see fit to compare their religion to others for suppossed 'persecution' but would never do so under any other circumstances? And How come this asshole uses an example from a religion of which he obviously doesn't have a fucking clue about? I mean FUCK, this is their spokesperson, you know the one who is suppossed to be the most articulate...
he has a clue-you speak out against Islam and you end up like Theo Van Gogh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28film_director%29

he has a clue-you speak out against Islam and you end up like Theo Van Gogh yeah Islam is the only religion with violent assholes in it...oh wait...

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats over the work of artist Cosimo Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the decision to cancel the display.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/30/AR2007033001276.html?hpid=entnews

yeah Islam is the only religion with violent assholes in it...oh wait...

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats over the work of artist Cosimo Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the decision to cancel the display.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/30/AR2007033001276.html?hpid=entnews
and the body count is???????

I can't believe we've gone this long without a Simpson's quote:

"I know I shouldn't eat thee, but -- [bites] Mmm, sacrilicious."

I can't believe we've gone this long without a Simpson's quote:

"I know I shouldn't eat thee, but -- [bites] Mmm, sacrilicious."
find a quote for this blasphemy (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_el_pr/obama_as_jesus):rolleyes: