The Up’s and Downs of Art !

When you approve a statue of Jesus (with an erection) to be shown in your art gallery, you are bound to find yourself in some sort of trouble. But I bet the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead weren’t expecting to find themselves facing six months prison and a £5,000 fine. Hmm that seems the price you have to pay for outraging public decency. The culprit behind this sordid tale is controversial artist Terence Koh, who also included in the exhibition, statues of Mickey Mouse and ET with erections (they seemed to have avoided scrutiny). The main argument in the case seems to be “had the statue been of Muhammad rather than Christ, there would have been a far greater outcry”. I am surprised the artist didn’t include both !