January 20, 2018
‘Black Jesus’: Virgin Mary cradles refugee in Italian artwork (VIDEO)
shaoran2012© Ruptly An art exhibition showing the Virgin Mary cradling a Nigerian refugee in her arms opened in a Milan gallery on Thursday. The exhibition is a reimagining of renaissance master Michelangelo’s sculpture ‘ La Pietà’. In the original work, completed by Michelangelo at the end of the 15th Century, the Virgin Mary holds the body of Jesus in her arms, following his crucifixion by the Romans. This replica, by artist Fabio Viale, shows Mary not with Christ in her lap, but Nigerian refugee ‘Lucky Hei’ in his place. “Lucky […]