Oh Christ! Destroying the Art of Sacrilege
On Thursday, a piece of art inspired by conquest inspired its own violent demise. The artwork, a Pre-Columbian styled codex by Enrique Chagoya, titled The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals (pictured above), on display at the Loveland Museum Gallery in Loveland Colorado was ripped to pieces by 56 year old Kathleen Lorie Folden, who drove nearly 700 miles from Montana to do so.The 7.5" x 90" twelve panel foldable book, made from the same paper as its ancient Meso-American counterparts, depicted a clash of cultural icons, like much of Chagoya's work. Chagoya, a Mexican born artist who has been living in the US for the last 20 years, and currently holds a position as an associate art professor...Read more