Holy Christ!!!!!

Well given Prague's deep religious roots, one sees the form of the crucifixion in many public spaces and museums. In the churches of course. (personal note: I see myself as part of the western Christian tradition but the older I get, the more I think it is a really strange religion.




But the icon is everywhere...still I was surprised to see it at the DOX museum of contemporary art on the outskirts of the historic city. A huge crucifixion on an outside wall by the 2nd story patio.


At first I noticed just the figure. And, then, of what it was composed. Old, used shoes.






I don't know if this version was meant to be ironic, reverential, funny, humbling or a way of elevating the mundane into the sacred.

Still it did what art, at times, is supposed to do. Give one pause.

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Location:Prague