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banksy: cardinal sin


'cardinal sin' (detail) by banksy
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street artist banksy has revealed his latest work, this time vandalizing a statue of a priest by sawing off its face,
and replacing it with an arrangement of blank tiles. the result is a 'pixellated', blurred out visage of the
18th century stone bust replica which stands to be a comment on recent crimes perpetrated by the church,
specifically the child abuse scandal and its subsequent cover-up.

on show at the walker art gallery in liverpool, the sculpture is on display alongside artistic masterpieces by rubens
and van dyck, within room three of the museum's 17th century old master galleries.

this is the first time that 'cardinal sin' is on display to the public and has been loaned to the gallery indefinitely by the artist.



'cardinal sin'
image via design you trust



banksy's 'cardinal sin' sitting alongside the artworks of 17th century master painters
image © reuters





via BBC, daily mail

andrea db
12.16.11  
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soooo incredibly good!!
vg   12.16.11
Amazing idea, but colours don't seem to match as well as they could..
ralph   12.16.11
brilliant
beta   12.16.11
Pfft. It's not vandalizing if you own the thing. It's just pseudo-vandalizing.
giovannigf   12.16.11
Looks like a creeper from minecraft... Coincidence?
amaranth   12.16.11
awesome!
btt   12.17.11
amazing
martin   12.17.11
@ralph....the colours don't match ...lol......have you seen it in the gallery....i thought not
agreatartist   12.17.11
Who cares if the colors don't match, the point of the piece is not to "match colors" is to suggest the existance of a face, a blurred face. The stament is clear, the real identity has been erased and made ambiguous and a generic representation of a man, a cover up if you must which is the intent of the artist. BRILLIANT!
ArtCrit   12.20.11
Why is db deleting comments? there were some positive reviews about this piece, censorship over nothing?
Dave   12.20.11
Normally the faces of the 'innocent' are blurred to protect them, so why blur his face ?

Not sure if the concept is coherent here
griff   12.21.11
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