Essay: Without a Prayer

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By Tyler Green
April 10, 2011

"Untitled," (1997) by Robert Gober

CALIFORNIA - The art world may be substantially indifferent to religion, but it’s hardly a cesspool of antireligious bigotry. It’s also ironic that our art museums could be rusty when it comes to addressing a controversy over religious iconography, since they are in fact rich repositories of art about religion, especially Christianity. Given that museums own piles of art about Christianity, and to a lesser extent other religions, and exhibit it prominently, how did we get to the point where anyone could argue that the art world is anti-Christian? [link]