Duane Michals; "The Second Coming Had Occurred and No One Noticed"
Duane Michals' six part photography series 'Christ in New York' (6 gelatin silver prints, started 1981 and completed 1982)
Christ in New York No. 1: Christ is sold on Television by a Religious Hypocrite
Christ in New York, No. 2: Christ Sees a Women Who Has Died During An Illegal Abortion
Christ in New York, No. 3: Christ Eats Dog Food with An Old Ukranian [sic] Lady in Brooklyn
Christ in New York, No. 4: Christ Is Beaten Defending a Homosexual
Christ in New York, No. 5: Christ Sees a Woman Being Attacked
Christ in New York, No. 6: Christ Is Shot by a Mugger with a Handgun and Dies. The Second Coming Had Occurred and No One Noticed
Sarah Heveron-Smith regarding Duane Michals' 'Christ in New York' series:
"Michals’ use of the figure of Christ in this series, as a symbol of purity, sacrifice, and innocence, makes the violence he is juxtaposed next to all the more shocking. [...] Christ in New York is a series born out of Michals’ anger around the hot-topic issues of the 1980s, most of which are still relevant today. Michals, a gay man, grew up in an intensely religious Catholic community, where he says being gay was not recognized as an option. By recontextualizing the figure of Christ as someone who defends homosexuals and cries over the dead bodies of women who have had illegal abortions, Michals is making a clear political statement against the hypocrisy of some Christian communities, while forcefully reminding us of the pervasive acts of violence in the modern world."
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