A Christ that is too “effeminate”? In Spain, the official poster for Holy Week in Seville (south) sparked outrage in conservative Catholic media that They demand its withdrawal because they consider it offensive.
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Presented on Saturday, This poster by the Sevillian artist Salustiano García shows the resurrected Christ, slightly covered at waist level by a white cloth.
Shows “the bright part of Holy Week”, in the “purest style of this prestigious painter”, The organization that brings together the Sevillian brotherhoods that participate in the Holy Week processions stressed in a statement.
Ultraconservative sectors in Spain demanded that a painting of Jesus be removed: “It seems effeminate”
This is the official poster for Holy Week in Seville. Here the artist Salustiano García poses next to the poster of Christ (Photo: AFP) pic.twitter.com/SZhsST8XkT— Mavica (@mavica81) January 29, 2024
Destined to be displayed throughout the city, the poster sparked controversy on social networks, where numerous Internet users and an ultra-conservative Catholic association They denounced its “sexualized” character.
This poster is “a true shame and aberration”, according to the Institute of Social Policy (Ipse)an organization that defends “Christian symbols” and is especially opposed to abortion.
Judging the Christ of the poster as “effeminate” and “effeminate”, He asked for its withdrawal and demanded a public apology from the artist, arguing that this representation does not fit the spirit of Holy Week.
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These criticisms were joined by the head of the right-wing Vox party in Seville, Javier Navarro, who estimated, in a message on the social network and it moves away from its purpose, which should be “to encourage the devout participation of the faithful in Holy Week in Seville.”
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A Christ that is too “effeminate”? In Spain, the official Holy Week poster in Seville (south) sparked outrage in ultra-conservative Catholic media that demanded its removal because they considered it offensive. pic.twitter.com/SCzj0ifpG1
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Signatures to remove the sign
As of Monday, more than 10,000 people had signed a petition on the Change.org platform. calling to defend the “tradition” and “religious fervor” of Seville against this work.
Some reactions were denounced by the author of the poster, who, in an interview in the newspaper ABC, stated that his painting is “kind, elegant and beautiful”, and is made from “respect”.
“To see sexuality in my Christ you have to be sick,” said García, explaining that “there is nothing” in his painting that “is not already represented in works of art from many centuries ago.”
Salustiano García, whose work is exhibited in galleries around the world, He said he had used his son as a model for the poster. “We have both laughed at all this controversy and we are very surprised at the politicization that is being done to the painting,” he explained to ABC.
The socialists, in the government in Spain, came out in defense of the cartel and denounced “the expressions of homophobia and hatred” to which it gave rise, stated Juan Espadas, its leader in Andalusia.
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Spain, which decriminalized homosexuality in 1978, three years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, Since then, it has become one of the most open countries in the world with the LGBT+ community.allowing gay marriage and adoption for same-sex couples since 2005.
The Holy Week processions, which commemorate the Passion, death and resurrection of Christ, They occupy an important place in Spain, where Catholic traditions are still very present, particularly in Seville, considered the capital of religious processions.
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