RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB, Curator

"Créature pour Chaman: Shaman Creature" (2012) by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou

How do you make spiritual choices? Inside an Arab art museum in Isreal is a photograph of a face wearing a woman's black veil, but the figure is the male artist himself. It reminds me that God created guides to aide us in finding our perfect holiness. Whether committing to debilitating Cancer treatments; or rejecting poor eating habits we sometimes require the guidance of a "Shaman," or spiritual healer. That is why "Shaman Creature" by Mehdi-Georges Lahlouy is our NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:

• Buddhist Art of Week: Shaolin temple’s ‘C.E.O. monk’ is under fire [More News]
• Christian Art of Week: The creative genius of Britain's Stanley Spencer [More News]
• Hindu Art of Week: Symbols, swastikas, and student sensibilities [More News]
• Islamic Art of Week: "Calligraphic Abstraction" at Seattle Art Museum [More News]
• Jewish Art of Week: The art of Jewish comics comes to Philadelphia [More News]

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