Tuesday, May 10, 2011
♥ Reverend Ethan Acres
Reverend Ethan Acres walks on the border of two very controversial topics in his form of art: art and Christianity. In his art, he makes one question the true belief of a Christian and what Christian art should really be about. Instead of elegant paintings of the heavens on church ceilings, he makes questionable works from sculptures of Jesus playing with children in a Spiderman suit to videos of off-the-wall lessons he has learned in life.
I believe that what Acres does is art. He portrays an idea through works he creates in order to voice a message. In this sense, it is also like art I have seen, but what makes it so different is that it’s not a type of art that would be expected of a person with his background. According to the New York Times, he has “an honorary doctorate of divinity from the World Christianship Ministries in Fresco, California” and obviously, based on his name, is a preacher. From a person like this, one wouldn’t expect for him to create a sculpture of a crucifix shooting tank made with a bible as the foundation.
I think Acres does his preaching mainly through, not only his sculptures, but his video series “Church of the Holy Fool,” where he speaks of lessons he’s learned in life in a very abstract manner. Though some of his videos are sarcastic, such as the one where he talks about Jeffrey Vallance, I believe that Acres is serious about the things he says. Some people (mainly Christians) take offense to the things he says and makes because they go against what they have learned in church, but I believe that this is the purpose of the videos. As a Christian, I like his works and actually agree with what he says. I appreciate how his works makes me question what I have learned in church versus what I actually believe. He also makes me question what Christianity really is rather than how it is perceived by society.
In conclusion, Reverend Ethan Acres is a very important contribution to the art world as well as the Christian world.
I believe that what Acres does is art. He portrays an idea through works he creates in order to voice a message. In this sense, it is also like art I have seen, but what makes it so different is that it’s not a type of art that would be expected of a person with his background. According to the New York Times, he has “an honorary doctorate of divinity from the World Christianship Ministries in Fresco, California” and obviously, based on his name, is a preacher. From a person like this, one wouldn’t expect for him to create a sculpture of a crucifix shooting tank made with a bible as the foundation.
I think Acres does his preaching mainly through, not only his sculptures, but his video series “Church of the Holy Fool,” where he speaks of lessons he’s learned in life in a very abstract manner. Though some of his videos are sarcastic, such as the one where he talks about Jeffrey Vallance, I believe that Acres is serious about the things he says. Some people (mainly Christians) take offense to the things he says and makes because they go against what they have learned in church, but I believe that this is the purpose of the videos. As a Christian, I like his works and actually agree with what he says. I appreciate how his works makes me question what I have learned in church versus what I actually believe. He also makes me question what Christianity really is rather than how it is perceived by society.
In conclusion, Reverend Ethan Acres is a very important contribution to the art world as well as the Christian world.
I AM
GRUMPY.
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