Kester Brewin

Tag: Dirt

  • Dangerous Representation ¦ Chocolate Jesus’ Penis ¦ Trickster Art

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    In news rather like that surrounding the furore over Andreas Serrano’s ‘Piss Christ‘, the BBC are reporting ‘outrage’ over a 6 foot chocolate Jesus being displayed in a gallery in Manhattan. The piece, entitled ‘My Sweet Lord’ is by the artist Cosimo Cavallaro has drawn huge fire from the Catholic League, who described the piece…

  • Spring | The Compost Christ Flowers Again | SymbolLife™

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    Spent a glorious sunny Spring day on the allotment today. Jonny recently posted a photo celebrating the great weather we’ve had (on and off) recently. And today was another stunner. Having oh-so-mocked, it’s good to see Grace have an allotment now too… In fact there are record waiting lists at most plots across London. I’m…

  • Spiritual Failings of An ‘Emerging Leader’ 3 | Literary Hypocrisy | God’s Ultimate Passion

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    There are a couple of book projects I’ve got on the go at the moment. ‘Signs of Emergence’ is coming out in July, and there’s been some work to do on getting final edits and, more dirtily, getting endorsements. And I’m still in a rolling process of re-drafting and sending out to agents a novel…

  • Kapoww…ouch ¦ Comic Bloomers

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    This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen for ages. Real comic strips from way back. Really funny.

  • Damien Hirst | New Religion

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    A unique chance to catch Hirst’s ‘New Religion’ works for free, and in the amazing setting of the church of All Hallows on the Wall. “There are four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. People tend to think of religion and science as two very separate things, one cold and clinical, the…

  • China Power Station | The Old World Is Gone

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    Organised by the Serpentine Gallery, a group of video artists from China have been given space in and around Battersea Power Station to show their work. It’s one of the best shows I’ve been too for a long time, for a number of reasons. Primarily, the location is iconic. The power station at Battersea stands…