Slog - Comments on Pope, He Angry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry Over this: A man has been hospitalized after recently going on a hunger strike in response to this. What a wuss! He's been eating happily for years while this thing has been in existence, tormenting, absolutely tormenting the sacredness of human life. What I mean is, this art's old. The artist, Martin Kippenberger (a good, spicy one, as you might imagine), has been dead since 1997. Here's the best overview of his work that I've found on the web.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:25:10 -0800 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:49:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Darcy if I looking for frog
him name is hopkin green frog
I lost my frog

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115543 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115543 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:28:18 -0800 Comment by monkey Pissing off the Pope seems more like incentive than disincentive.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115547 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:25 -0800 Comment by kinaidos Oh Toad, oh Toad, wie bitter bist du!

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115549 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:39:10 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This isn't art. This is something you buy for $1.99 for no reason at all, only to throw it away during your next move.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115556 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:48:20 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The Vatican needs to update their tactics: trademark the crucifix and sue anybody who uses an unsanctioned version, Disney-style.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115558 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:51:19 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Too bad he died before he could make a matching set with Muhammad and the Dalai Lama.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115561 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:55:54 -0800 Comment by rob Is there any useful point of differentiation between Christianity and Islam?

Any god, or religion, that can't deal with images of Kermit-on-a-stick or turbaned-dude-in-charcoal-on-paper isn't worthy of the appellation.

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115562 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:56:48 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Oe, Poe: soe boering.

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115564 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:17 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Thanks!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115568 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:03:29 -0800 Comment by Kermit the SLOG Frog Christ, you know it ain't easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me!

]]> Kermit the SLOG Frog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115572 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:08:39 -0800 Comment by max solomon let him die.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115584 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:18:40 -0800 Comment by ellarosa max@11, the frog, the pope, or the douche who's been hospitalized? i vote for all three.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115601 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:38:22 -0800 Comment by Dalton Kermit died for your sins?

]]> Dalton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115605 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:45:06 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle If this is art, where the "What's Hanging" title?

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115641 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:10:31 -0800 Comment by Irena A fucknut on a stick.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115647 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:14:24 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I BEG your pardon; "fucknut"? You wouldn't say that if you knew that that frog happens to look almost exactly like me.

Oh, wait; yes you would.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115692 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:50:01 -0800 Comment by PA Native Didn't this used to hang on the wall at Coffee Messiah?

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115708 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:03:51 -0800 Comment by elswinger It "has offended the religious feelings of many people who consider the cross a symbol of God's love and of our redemption," Pahl quoted the pope as writing in the letter.

If the cross is a symbol of God's love then he's a kinky so and so.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1115847 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:44 -0800 Comment by snarky That frog is tame. Try Rops:

http://www.geocities.jp/belial1313xx/r_calvaire.jpg

I believe there's a more explicit drawing, where JC is being mounted but I can't find it online.

]]> snarky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1116357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1116357 Visual Art Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:12:08 -0800 Comment by Stan Chraminski I too have done some art work about my opinions of religion and its crushing impact on our society. If the religion can't take criticism, what does that tell you? Of course it can't take it because it's a myth and can't be defended by other than faith and BS.

]]> Stan Chraminski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1118170 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/pope_he_angry#c1118170 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:49:01 -0800