Doc Mercer
EOG Master
DO THE FUNDIES UP IN ARMS OVER THIS EVEN KNOW THE PAINTING OF
THE LAST SUPPER WAS DONE BY A GAY MAN ???
OHHHHH .... WE KNOW HOW WELL THE JAMES DOBSON CROWD WELCOMES
MEMBERS OF THE GAY COMMUNITY !!!
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Two weeks ago, the gallery put on display an oil painting parody of Leonardo da Vinci's ?The Last Supper.? Named ?The Gathering,? it substitutes Looney Tunes and other cartoon characters for disciples and Bugs Bunny for Jesus.
?We never intended to offend anyone,? said Mike Dicken, national sales director for the gallery at 2501 San Diego Ave. ?Most people think it's fun and amusing, but 5 percent are pulling their hair out.?
The anonymous complaints came in ? 10 to 12 a day by phone ? and a few notes, unsigned or signed ?A concerned citizen.? So the gallery added a biography of Dallas artist Glen Tarnowski, explaining his intent and his background as a devout Christian and an alumnus of California Lutheran University.
Craig Kausen, the Irvine-based gallery chain's CEO and grandson of late Warner Bros. cartoonist and artist Chuck Jones, said he even consulted a local priest who, while he hadn't seen the artwork, was not upset by the concept.
?There is nothing irreverent about it whatsoever,? Kausen said.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/02/1m2b...
THE LAST SUPPER WAS DONE BY A GAY MAN ???
OHHHHH .... WE KNOW HOW WELL THE JAMES DOBSON CROWD WELCOMES
MEMBERS OF THE GAY COMMUNITY !!!
<snip>
Two weeks ago, the gallery put on display an oil painting parody of Leonardo da Vinci's ?The Last Supper.? Named ?The Gathering,? it substitutes Looney Tunes and other cartoon characters for disciples and Bugs Bunny for Jesus.
?We never intended to offend anyone,? said Mike Dicken, national sales director for the gallery at 2501 San Diego Ave. ?Most people think it's fun and amusing, but 5 percent are pulling their hair out.?
The anonymous complaints came in ? 10 to 12 a day by phone ? and a few notes, unsigned or signed ?A concerned citizen.? So the gallery added a biography of Dallas artist Glen Tarnowski, explaining his intent and his background as a devout Christian and an alumnus of California Lutheran University.
Craig Kausen, the Irvine-based gallery chain's CEO and grandson of late Warner Bros. cartoonist and artist Chuck Jones, said he even consulted a local priest who, while he hadn't seen the artwork, was not upset by the concept.
?There is nothing irreverent about it whatsoever,? Kausen said.
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/02/1m2b...