An exhibition of photographs in the European Parliament causes great outrage among members of right-wing parties in Spain, Italy and Poland among others. A set of images representing a jesus christ lgbtqmade by the Swedish artist Elizabeth Ohlsonwas described as “blasphemy” and “disrespectful”.
“The European Parliament has become a space of impunity for the LGTBIQ+ lobby with the complicity of the left, popular and liberal. My infinite contempt for the author, the promoters and those who have allowed it. Disgusting and miserable. My wish is that in the next legislature this will not be possible ”, he commented on his Twitter account Jorge Buxade, Head of Vox Delegation in the European Parliament.
For her part, the MEP from Lega Maria Veronica Rossi He declared about the work on his Facebook account: “Exploiting religion is an intolerable lack of respect. The left brings to the European Parliament an exhibition that represents Jesus Christ surrounded by apostles dressed as sadomasochistic slaves. Apart from the cultural deepening, this seems like a gratuitous provocation”.
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One of the parties most indignant with the work was the VOX, from Spain, which had a harsh statement: “Once again, the European Parliament joins the LGTB lobby and promotes an inopportune, unnecessary and grotesque blasphemous exhibition made with the sole intention of offending and dividing. One more example of the contempt and religious hatred of the Brussels institutions for Christianity that would never occur to them with the religion of peace”.
The 61-year-old artist presented a work with an LGBTQ and human rights theme. She took the artistic leap of hers with ecce homo in 1998 in a Swedish cathedral, in which he showed a series of images of Jesus depicted alongside LGBTQ people. The exhibition went around the world. However, when the former MEP Marianne Eriksonfrom the Swedish Left Party, tried to show ecce homo in it European Parliament in 1999, those responsible prevented him from doing so because they considered the images too offensive. For that reason, being able to exhibit now is a big step for her in the face of censorship.
In her defense, the artist declared: “My intention has been to create Christian works in which LGBT people can identify” and added: “There are 12 photographs where Jesus loves LGBT rights and 12 photographs should not scare people so much.” In addition, Malin Björk, from the Belgian Left Party and responsible for organizing the exhibition, remarked: “I like to think that mentalities have evolved and that we now think in a more incussive way about love, and even about religion.”
Only Parliament workers or those who receive special accreditation can access the work. The exhibition is scheduled to conclude on Friday, May 5.
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