Art for Christ’s Sake Revisited
March 20, 2008 by pistolpete
It’s been nearly a year now since All Saint’s Episcopal Church unveiled its Holy Thursday ice sculpture The Next Last Supper. In this sculpture -
“The part of Jesus is played by a pregnant bearded woman, sitting Buddha-style on the table. She has her arms around Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump. Others depicted in the sculpture include Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Paris Hilton, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Yoko Ono, Osama bin Laden, Anna Nicole Smith, Oscar Wilde and the cartoon character Dilbert.”
Necessary Therapy was the only news source on hand to pick up this momentous event and record it in the article “Art for Christ’s Sake“. The scoop paid off. To date, this post has netted well over 7,000 hits.
We caught up with the two figures instrumental in the production and display of The Lord’s Supper Revisited.
First, shortly after the ice-sculpture display Pastor Ima Airettick was reassigned to a parish in Podunk, Idaho.
“Sure, it’s not Manhattan. But it’s peaceful here. I have plenty of time to meditate and reflect on the beauty of God’s creation.”
When asked if there was anything she regretted about the display of the Last Supper ice sculpture, she replied -
“I think I would have asked our Trustees to install more drains. The melting ice left a nasty water stain on the carpet.”
We also caught up with the creator of The Last Supper Revisited, the artist formerly known as the symbol “=”. Now a stock broker named Herman Finkelstein, he says the response to the ice sculpture wasn’t what he expected.
“I was picturing protests, boycotts, burning crosses, that sort of thing. Instead, it just came and went and nobody really paid much attention. Without your blog, nobody would have even heard of it.”
When asked if he had any sculptures in the works.
”Not really. Now I prefer to make money, not art. Truth be told, I was only in art for the money I thought I could make, anyway. I guess I had that all wrong, huh?”
All Saint’s Episcopal Church and their new rector Rev. Par T. Line, plans to have a traditional Holy Thursday celebration this year.
Herman Finkelstein sort of looks like William Shatner and they’re both Jewish, too! (At least Finkelstein sounds Jewish!)
The Pistol fires back: I did not realize William Shatner was Jewish. Learn something new every day.
I jus wanna know how you managed to get this up in 15 minute increments…
Very funny, btw
The Pistol fires back: I had this one written in draft form several weeks ago. Just hit a couple of bits and…. whalla …. a Maundy Thursday post. Good Friday poses a different, more difficult challenge. But I’ve got a plan…
I clicked back to the first post and was quite sad not to have had a glimpse of this amazing ice sculpture. Maybe next year?
The Pistol fires back: Something tells me the ice sculpture thing was a one time deal. But, religious art takes many forms. Who knows what those Episcopals (or others) might be up to next?