Interesting. A bunch of “church leaders” in Cornwall think they have a veto over public artworks.
Since its dramatic appearance in a Cornish town centre, Earth Goddess, the tallest ceramic sculpture in the UK (and possibly the world), has provoked its fair share of controversy, with unkind critics condemning it as a gaudy piece of junk more suited to the land of the Teletubbies.
But the row has taken a religious twist after a group of church leaders wrote to St Austell town council claiming it was “offensive to God” and calling for the brightly coloured 11.5-metre-tall piece to be rebranded or removed.
That seems remarkably medieval, doesn’t it? Or papal? Or Saudiish? What business is it of theirs … Read the rest