By INA ALLECO R.SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com
Off with his head!
Or at least boycott his exhibit.
Artist Mideo Cruz is now at the eye of one of the biggest controversies in the Philippine visual arts scene. His latest work “Poleteismo” is being vilified left and right by various religious groups and influential leaders, and an ABS-CBN reporter has even come out with a column suggesting that he, Cruz, should be forced to drink muriatic acid.
Cruz’ “Poleteismo” is part of the exhibit “KULÔ”, group exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Main Gallery showing until August 21, 2011. It was launched on June 17 on the occasion of CCP’s celebration of Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday.
TV Patrol’s Mark Logan in his column in the tabloid Abante said many were incensed when they saw the TV Patrol report on Cruz and his exhibition. Logan suggested that those who were angered by how Cruz put together his installation art and murals depicting – among many other concepts — religious icons should kill Cruz.
“Don’t you have pity for this person? Just because he put black tears on the face of Jesus Christ. Will you beat him up when you see him? Stab him, strangle him or push him into a creek? But before this, will you make him drink muriatic acid and then have him shot by a motorcycle-riding tandem? It’s too much! Don’t you have any respect for someone like him who’s an ‘artist’?”
Controversial artist Mideo Cruz says that he never goes out of his way to offend; “But I do like to provoke debates and critical thinking. Art is a way of expressing one’s views about the world, culture and history, and this is what I do in my work. The audience is free to make their own conclusions and interpretations about the images I create, but I must confess I didn’t expect anyone to react so violently against ‘Poleteismo.’(Photos by Ina Alleco Silverio / bulatlat.com)
“Maybe as you’re taking a walk you might get beat up by those you offended to the extreme. With today’s technology, news travels fast! You see buddy, if you say that you have rights, what about the rights of Catholics and other sects who believe that Jesus is God? ”
Logan went on to seemingly address Cruz: “If you’re an atheist or if you believe in no god, don’t violate the beliefs of others! This is a predominantly Catholic country, my boy…”
The reporter went on to say that Cruz’ work was the sort that only a pig would believe to be “art.” His parting shot was to say that Cruz shouldn’t ask the media for help because the media doesn’t have the ability to protect him from being lynched.
Cruz’ Facebook page in the last two weeks has also been bombarded with insults and threats, with many accusing him of, among other things, being a veritable henchman of Satan himself defiling Christ and His Holy Family.
Around 11:30 am on August 4, guards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CPP) were surprised to discover that Cruz’ work had been vandalized. A Facebook account under the name “CPP Visual Artists” released a statement saying that the security aides were unable to apprehend the vandals, but the CPP has already taken steps to avert further damage to the exhibits.
“We request the arts and culture community to keep vigilant but let us maintain a dignified stance about this. We will not be equal to the rage and extremism of other entities. As you may recall, the CCP has always maintained that freedom of expression extends to all; not just to artists but to those who wish to speak up for their religious and spiritual beliefs within proper means and venues,” it said.
Among the messages the vandals scrawled across various parts of Cruz work was “Emedeo Cruz (I.N.C.) Sumpain ka, Bakla” and “Bakla Parusahan Ka” (Curse You, Homosexual, Homosexual you should be punished).
CCP Visual Arts called for sobriety in the wake of angry pronouncements both in mainstream media and social networks in the internet against Cruz’ “Poleteismo. ”
Archbishop Oscar Cruz , former president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, has called for a boycott of the exhibit.
The group Pro-Life Philippines, in the meantime, has threatened to file charges against the CCP and called the exhibition “sacrilegious and blasphemous. ” Pro-Life President Eric Manalang has been quoted on CBCP News as saying that if the CCP does not stop the exhibit, and make amends, it will proceed with the charges.
“Stopping it is not enough. The damage has been done,” Manalang told CBCP News. He did not say what kind of damage had been wrought and against whom.
CCP Visual Arts said these reactions and courses of action are all valid as moral and legal resorts of those who feel offended by art.
“And though art is representation and does not pretend to be anything more than art, we would like to remind anyone else who are considering violent and destructive acts against art, artists and art institutions that such acts are clearly criminal. Let us all be proper, respectful and tolerant despite our different views. Not all of us are Catholics, not all of us are artists, yet we are all deserving of honor and dignity,” it said.
Critics against “Poleteismo” seem to be ignorant of the fact that it has been exhibited since 2002 in venues such as the Loyola School of Theology in Ateneo de Manila University, UP Vargas Museum, Kulay Diwa in Paranaque City, and was also featured in the music video of Anghel sa Lupa by Stonefree. Cruz has recreated the piece every time it was presented for exhibition.
As for the other “culprit,” the CCP explained that it accepted the exhibition proposal and the artworks based on the determination of the premise that these are legitimate art expressions by artists who have already established reputable track records through national and global awards, grants and expositions.
To provoke critical thinking
As for the potential lynch-mob victim, Cruz is somewhat bewildered and a little sad over the violent reactions. A self-effacing man who avoids direct questions about how he interprets his own art, Cruz said he never expected the negative reactions coming from various quarters.?
(Photo by Ina Alleco Silverio / bulatlat.com)
“I never go out of my way to offend; but I do like to provoke debates and critical thinking. Art is a way of expressing one’s views about the world, culture and history, and this is what I do in my work. The audience is free to make their own conclusions and interpretations about the images I create, but I must confess I didn’t expect for anyone to react so violently against ‘Poleteismo.’ The worse that I would’ve expected is for no one to come to the CCP and see my work or those of the my colleagues in this exhibition,” he said.
There are those who might say that Cruz is being a bit too naive when he said how surprised he was by the outrage generated by his work. He put up pictures of Jesus Christ and Mother Mary alongside condoms; he got plastic piggy banks and put them inside a glass display case, the sort that’s commonly found in churches; he hung crucifixes and rosaries next to wooden phalluses. Like reporter Logan said, “the Philippines is a predominantly Catholic Country,” so the reaction of some quarters could not have been such a shock.
“I wanted to provoke people into thinking. I titled my work ‘Poleteismo’ which loosely translates into ‘many beliefs’ or ‘many deities.’ Throughout history, humanity has grown to create new gods and these are not always religious figures but concepts and objects. Some have taken to worshipping money; some see politicians as godsend. People create idols and these idols whether or not they’re deserving of idolatry or worship affect our lives and how we function and see the world,” he said.
“Poleteismo” is actually three walls entirely covered with various images and papers — calendars, bus tickets, old school certificates, photographs, political posters, postcards, advertisements and other printed materials. Jesus, Mary and Joseph are not the only images featured, but Robert Jaworski endorsing Dr. J. rubbing alcohol; Alma Concepcion smiling over Champion cigarettes; two Thai actors selling Coca-cola, and US President Barack Obama.
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Art is entertainment. Kung hindi mo masakyan e di wag mong tingnan. Sa mga ignorante sana lang alam nyo na hindi lahat ng muslim ay killer/terorista. At hindi lahat ng pilipino katoliko.
In my opinion, ang reactions (especially the negative, which are obviously driven by emotion) ng ibang tao sa obra ni Mr. Cruz ay understandable. Ito marahil ay bunga ng kanilang pagkashock sa visually unusual na mga larawan na kanilang nakita sa unang pagkakataon. I understand if some people reacted “violently”, I was shocked the firt time I saw it, but I also hoped that after the initial reaction of shock and disbelief, they should have stopped and contemplated first and started to think…. and ask the question, what do the images symbolize, represent? What does the artist try to convey? Instead of condemning him right away just because his work didn’t appeal to us in a tasteful way, why not understand first the idea or the message behind Mr. Cruz’s piece, try to dig deeper. Wag po tayong masyadong magpadala sa ating mga emotions. His work maybe visually offensive to some people, especially to Christians, but only if you will look at it superficially. Just like what Mr. Cruz said, try to THINK firt instead of being too judgemental right away.
Alam kong di ako masyadong maalam sa maraming bagay, pero kung may isang naituro sa akin ang mga magulang ko, iyon ay ang ‘respeto’. Oo, freedom of expression nga, pero di ba’t ‘rational beings’ tayo? Kung tatawagin niyong makitid na utak ang mga taong di nakakaintindi ng art tulad ng pagkakaintindi niyo sa art na ito, pede rin nila kayong tawaging makitid na utak dahil kinakampihan niyo ang ginawa ni Mr. Mideo na sa tingin nila ay mali. Wala akong alam masyado sa mga batas at konstitusyon, pero alam ko sa sarili ko na ako’y tao at kung ako ang nasa pwesto niyo, di ko gugustuhing manapak ng ibang tao. May kanya kanya nga tayong opinyon, pero di yun lubos na pahintulot upang makasira na tayo sa iba. Lalo na’t isang sagradong bagay pa ang nabastos at nasira. Sa tingin ko, ang nangyaring ito ay isang trial lang para sa ating lahat para malaman kung sino talaga ang matatag sa ating pananampalataya. Freedom of expression man o hindi, hindi tayo ang makakapagdesisyong kung mali ba talaga to o hindi kasi di rin naman tayo Diyos.
Biglang dumami ang mga art enthusiasts na nagdedefend ngayon sa napakalupit at napakahenyong si Mediocre Cruz.
Saksak nyo sa baga nyo yang Art nyo.
wala pa akong nakikilalang muslim na nagfoforce ng relihiyon nila sa mga taong katulad ko na hindi naniniwala sa relihiyon, bakit niyo sila idinadamay dito? at madami akong kilalang muslim. ang nais lang naman e respeto sa tao kahit ano mang paniniwala. naisip ba nilang respetuhin si mideo cruz? naisip ba nilang respetuhin ang mala niya pagsasaad ng nararamdaman niya?
If an image is offensive, then DON’T LOOK AT IT.
kasi naman ang filipinong katoliko ang pinipray nila statwa at larawan. they do not use their kukote when they practice their spiritualism. dapat may piktyur pa at statue. kaya when somebody expresses something “offensive to the bobong katoliko” by using these pictures and statues, they are enraged. for the bobong katoliko, the more pictures, statues, dried palms and holy water are placed inside the home, the more holy they feel even if they think evil against people who are just trying to express themselves to provoke critical thinking.
hay naku! kaya pilipinas is backward because of the backward thinking of the bobong katoliko!!!
I think it is obvious why Mr. Cruz turn his insights into an art.
People, he didn’t mock our God — these pictures, images, sculptures aren’t God to begin with. These are just bunch of religious representations. We don’t worship these stuff right? Because if we do that, that’s already idolatry. And I think that’s what he is trying to say, that today, we almost worship everything that we put them to the same level as God.
Kung galit na galit kayo sa ginawa ni Mideo Cruz dahil binigyan nya ng representasyon ang kasalukuyang nangyayari sa ating lipunan mas magalit dapat kayo sa mga alagad ng simbahan na hindi na ginagawa ang mga gawain na ipinamulat sa atin ni Kristo, ito ay ang pakikipamuhay sa mga pangkaraniwang tao o yung mga pinagsasamantalahan. Kung susuriin nyong mabuti baligtad na ang nangyayari, ang dapat naglilingkod at nakikipamuhay sa pangkaraniwang tao ay sya ang pinaglilingkuran at nang-aalipin sa kanila. Kapag may ginigibang bahay ng mga “squatters” may nakita ba kayong mga PARI o MADRE na nagtatanggol sa kanila, mga “squatters” na bunga ng mga pangangamkam na malalawak na lupain. Subalit kapag may “Blessings” ng mga malapalasyong bahay o gusali ng mga Politiko o Businessman na nagsamantala sa kanilang mga manggagawa at nangurakot ng kaban ng bayan ay halos buong simbahan ay andun kasama syempre si Kardinal.
para sakin… baliktad and interpretasyon ko sa exhibit. it’s about politics and how corrupt it is that it will drag religion to it. sa panahon ngayon, ang religion ang nagiging puntahan ng politiko sa pagkuha ng simpatya sa mga tao para sa baluktot na idolohiya. and to answer na kung bakit hindi muslim ang naging topic nya sa exhibit. sila ay minoridad. hindi ko sinasabi na wala silang boses sa topic but alam na natin na christianity/catholicism parin ang dominant sa pilipinas. karamihan ng tao or politiko ay katoliko. pulitika ay corrupt and nasasama na rin dito ang relihiyon.
Ang ganitong ART ay kabastusan, hindi po eto ngpapatunay ng malayang pamamahayag, kundi pag.gamit nang reliyon para mapansain hindi ang likha kundi ang personahe ng gumawa ng art na eto. Nagpapatunay ng “kabaklaan” at “kabastosan” na manlilikha, marami namang paraan para ipahayag ang ating malayang pamamahayag sa lipunan kontra sa pananampalataya. Kung eto ay nglikaha ng kalituhan bakit pa nililito mo ang bayan kung sa ganun para naman din sa kalinawan ng tao ang likha. Kung ang nakasaad sa mga likha dyan ay talagang immoral(at immoral naman talaga), cguro hindi na kailangan tanungin pa ang kasalukuyang nangyayari sa lipunan ngayon. At sabi ng nang tga CBCP, “paano kaya kung ang mga nakalagay dyan na mukha ay mukha ng iyong magulang, iyong mabait na INA or iyong masipag na AMA, ano kya ang reaksyon mo (Mideo M. Cruz)?”. kung may pgkakamali mn ang mga namumuno sa simbahan, bakit ang mga taong iyon hindi nyo titirahin. At sa lawak ng grupo nang panginoon, bakit hindi nyo subukan ang ISLAM, sa kanilang maling paniniawla ang tirahin nyo (kung may mali naman talaga). Maswerte kau hindi ganun ang mga Kristiano ka basag ulo, baka kung sa ISLAM ay mapupugutan na kayo ng ulo. At cguro kung may MALAYA tayong pamamahayag ay limitahin naman po natin ang kalayaang eto wag naman po nating e.abuso, gamitin po natin sa mas husto at kapakipakinabang ang mga kalayaan at pagiging demokrasyang ng ating bansa. MANAGOT ang DAPAT MANAGOT. PARUSAHAN sa MATA ng DIYOS at sa MATA ng BATAS.
Instead of feeling ‘ashamed’ or ‘shameful’ for him and work, I think we should be ashamed of ourselves. Yun naman talaga ang ‘feeling’ na dapat pinoprovoke sa atin. Hindi ba’t sinasalamin lang naman ng sining ni Mideo ang Pilipino ngayon, sa modernong panahon? Sino sa inyo ang hindi gumawa ng nakakahiyang bagay na tinago ninyo dahil lang sa hindi niyo gustong madungisan ang inyong imahe? Sa tingin ko, hindi ang Diyos o si Hesus ang binabatikos niya, kundi ang imahe ng Diyos at ni Hesus sa mata, isip at gawain nating lahat. Ganito na sila ngayon, nahahaluan ng kung anu-anong makamundong bagay dahil hinayaan nating mangyari ito. Pinapakita lang sa atin ni Mideo kung ano ang ginagawa natin ngayon sa makabagong panahon, hindi niyo ba iyon naiisip? Kasi, mas madaling husgahan ang ginagawa niya. On surface level, we only see the descration. Kung makitid ang utak mo, yun lang talaga ang makikita mo. Kung malawak ang pag-iisip mo, iisipin mo kung bakit niya ginawa yun. Sa tingin niyo ba, ginawa niya lang yun para dungisan ang imahe ng Diyos? Hindi ito para sa Diyos o kay Hesus, para sa atin ang sining na ito. Babala ito na mag-isip-isip na tayo sa mga ginagawa natin. At tigilan na natin ang paghuhugas-kamay, na tila ba napakapuro pa ng ating kaluluwa. Kung hindi ito ipinakita sa atin ni Mideo, wala naman tayong gagawin hindi ba? He risked showing this exhibit because he knows it’s the only way to provoke a reaction from a now ‘catatonic’ nation. Catatonic, sapagkat wala nang gumagalaw sa ating bansa. Kahit tayo, tumigil na sa paggalaw. Kaya tumigil rin ang pag-unlad. Sana, bago kayo mang-husga, isipin niyo muna mabuti yung dahilan. Dahil hindi yung sining ang may problema, kung hindi tayo, bilang mamamayan ng bansang ito.
Nasunog na talaga ng Simbahan ang utak ng mga tanga na Filipino.. mga INDIOS..
Sana matuto naman kayong rumespeto sa pananampalataya ng mga katoliko tulad naman ng pagrespeto namin sa pananampalataya ng iba tutal iisang Diyos naman ang sinasamba natin magkaiba lang ang tawag natin. Yung mga images representation namin ng Diyos kaya sana iresspeto niyo naman. Yung lang naman hinihingi namin konting respeto lang.
This just shows how ignorant most people are when it comes to dealing with such issues. If you can’t see beyond the symbols he represents with his art, you have no business looking or commenting at it at all. May mga death threat pah… yan bah ang natutunan niyo sa Simbahan? I consider myself very religious and his work doesn’t offend my religious beliefs at all – Why? because my faith is strong and I can see well beyond the ideals and concepts he is trying to present in his art. If you don’t understand it, that’s fine – there’s nothing wrong with that, BUT ITS WRONG TO HATE OR CONDEMN THE THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. Let’s take the Philippine flag for example, do you see it as a simple piece of fabric? or a symbol of our nation and the hundreds of lives that were sacrificed to put up the freedom that we enjoy today…. Panahon nah para buksan natin ang ating mga isipan… it is because of limitations like this na hindi umuusad ang ating bansa….
“Far from accusations that Cruz is only trying to generate controversy to be noticed, Cruz sheepishly admits that “Poleteismo” is actually the product of house cleaning. Apparently, the man is a pack-rat and for the last two decades he has been collecting various scraps of paper and whatnot with the general intention of some day putting them to use.”
I save up “junk-yard” items in my home like bote, lata at plastic. I intend to give them to the kids who ask for them from time to time to be sold to junk shops for a few centavos. If Mideo Cruz was able to exhibit scraps in the CCP no less, then maybe I could also use these “junk-yard” items in my house, glue them together into an offensive little mess and be hailed as an artist as well!
It’ll be an artistic expression of a stay-at-home Filipino wife/mom’s daily demise….I’ll call it “Melancholia nang Paglilinis ng Isang Pilipinang Ina” or something. It’s a striking representation of the Filipino way of life.
Daming satsat, daming rationalizations.
Be realistic, kung art at art lang din naman ang pag-uusapan, nasan ang value ng art ni Mideo? Eh lahat naman ng tao kaya gumawa ng ginawa nya eh. Cut, paste, glue…
Sabihin na nating hindi lahat ng tao Katoliko, iba-iba ang paniniwala, iba-iba ang kaisipan, and that “freedom of expression in the form of art is absolute. It is a constitutional right of every Filipino.” But the fact that this was exhibited in the CCP,
IS THIS REALLY THE QUALITY OF ART THAT WE WISH TO LEAVE AS LEGACY TO THE FUTURE ARTISTS OF OUR COUNTRY?
Baka gusto nyong mahiya nang konti sa mga National Artists natin like Amorsolo and Luna. After all, they did not get hailed as National Artists merely by exhibiting cheap offensive work and provoking religious debate.
IPAKITA MO YUNG “ART” NA GINAWA mo PARA SA MGA MUSLIM….BAKIT HINDI MO NILAGAY SA CCP?
PARUSANG KAMATAYAN? Are you a real Christian? hahaha
Unang una, hindi naman Dyos ang larawan na yun eh. Bakit kayo na ooffend?
?”You don’t need to be an artist to know art but you are as talented as an artist if you know how to appreciate art.”
His work is actually based on what’s happening around us, the reality that we fear most and we choose not to see nor to speak of it…
All he wanted was just to provoke critical thoughts, he got death threats instead from these so-called righteous people
REALITY BITES =)
Thank you Mr. Mideo Cruz for awakening our senses
“TO PROVOKE CRITICAL THINKING”. E lahat naman ng artform be it sculture, painting, film, etc. ang purpose is to make us think and critique these obra maestra. Pero sa artwork niya, saan ang art doon?
The problem here is that freedom of expression is sometimes interpreted to mean that you can bastardized others’ belief so long as you can express your thought.
Tama yon isang comment sa taas, kung halimbawa gusto ko din i-express ang sarili ko to provoke critical thinking at ang magiging basehan ko ay freedom of expression, pwede ko bang litratuhan ang asawa o anak o nanay ni CRUZ at yong mga picture nila ay itapal ko sa mga pornographic pictures at saka ko pagsasalsalan, mao-offend kaya siya? siguro naman oo dahil dapat lamang na irespeto ang asawa, anak at nanay niya. Ganon din kaming mga katoliko, gusto din namin na irespeto ang aming relihiyon.
Tanong ni Michael, “si Allah ba ay may picture?” Siguro in reference ito sa sabi ni Angry Bird tungkol sa “pag-provoke sa muslims”. Maaring wala ngang picture ni Allah ang islamic community pero meron silang Propetang Mohammad. Ang hamon ko kay Michael, bakit di kayo magsama ni Mideo Cruz and try to desecrate the Prophet Mohammad? Or perhaps the image of Buddha? (my apologies to the islam people and buddhists if ever I have offended you and your Holy One).
HE IS TREADING A DANGEROUS PATH UNKNOWN TO ALL,,,,,,JESUS AND MARY HAS BEEN CITED IN THE HOLY BOOK OF OUR MUSLIM BROTHER THE “QUR’AN” AND BY HAVING AN EXHIBIT DEPICTING JESUS LIKE THAT CAN CREATE SOME PROBLEM…….I HOPE THE CCP KNOWS THIS………
We should think first before we judge. Poleteismo is Mideo Cruz’ medium to arouse the dormant brain cells of his audience. His critics are misled about his work of art. May God enlighten their minds.
hindi lahat ng art ay masarap tingnan. hindi lahat ng art ay mabango at kaaya aya.
ang pangunawa mo ay mababaw pa sa kanal kung sa tingin mo ang obra ay dapat laging maganda sa paningin.
ang sining ay representasyon ng isang ideya. ilabas mo muna ang ulo mo sa iyong puwit at gamitin ang iyong utak bago gamitin ang matabil na dila.
kung ang dildo ay idikit sa larawan ng aking ina at ipakalat sa internet o idisplay sa isang exhibit, ang unang tanong dapat ay bakit? ano ang saysay ng larawan?
ginawa ba iyon dahil sa galit? o may iba pang mensahe na napapailalim doon?
mga kaibigan, mag kaiba ang pornograpiya at sining. ang tatanda nyo na di pa kayo marunong mag isip. kaya ang bansa natin paurong kase karamihan sa atin tumatanda ng paurong.
yan ba ang ituturo nyo sa mga anak nyo? mabilis pa ang bibig nyo kesa utak nyo.
hindi po ako katoliko. pero i don’t think na katoliko lang ang apektado dito. para sa akin, below the belt na ang ginawa ni mideo. kahit may freedom of expression sya, dapat may sense of responsibility dapat, hindi ngunit artist sya eh magagawa na nya yon. sinira nya ang career nya sa ginawa nya. di sya dapat pamarisan ng kahit sino kung gusto mo maging maayos ang buhay mo…
Wow, the artist seems to have succeeded in messing around with the hornets’ nest.
PAGDATING SA GANITONG USAPIN KAILANGAN DAPAT BIGYAN NANG KAUKULANG PARUSA ANG TAONG GUMAWA NITO, “KAMATAYAN ANG ANG DAPAT SA KANYA DAHIL SA KABASTUSANG GINAWA NYA KUNG SA MGA MUSLIM AY MABANGGIT LANG ANG SALITANG MOHAMMAD NANG MALI SA KANILANG PANDINIG HINANAHANAP NANG MGA MUSLIM ANG TAONG YUN AT PINAPATAY. DAPAT SA GANITONG TAO PATAYIN DIN PARA DI NA PAMARISAN MASASABI KO LANG SA TAONG ITO NAKAIPAG KASUNDO AT IBENENTA ANG KALULUWA KAY SATANAS DAHIL ANG DIYABLO LANG ANG MAY KAKAYAHANG GUMAWA NANG GANITONG GAWAIN. “PATAYIN ANG TAONG ITO PARA DI NA PAMARISAN”
PAGDATING SA GANITONG USAPIN DAPAT KAILANGAN BIGYAN NANG KAUKULANG PARUSA ANG TAONG ITO, “KAMATAYAN ANG ANG DAPAT SA KANYA DAHIL SA KABASTUSANG GINAWA NYA KUNG SA MGA MUSLIM AY MABANGGIT LANG ANG SALITANG MOHAMMAD NANG WALANG PAKUNDANGAN HINANAHANAP NANG MGA MUSLIM ANG TAONG YUN AT PINAPATAY DAPAT SA GANITONG TAO PATAYIN DIN PARA DI NA PAMARISAN MASASABI KO SA TAONG ITO NAKAIPAG KASUNDO AT IBENENTA ANG KALULUWA KAY SATANAS DAHIL ANG DIYABLO LANG ANG GUMAWA NANG GANITONG GAWAIN. “PATAYIN ANG TAONG ITO PARA DI NA PAMARISAN”
This is the kind of ART that this country needs, an art that touches the more sensitive side of the country’s religion. We put a blind eye on the bishops recieving the pajeros, the coins you donate in boxes of every wooden saint inside your church that does not go to heaven as we know it but goes to the pockets of church people which in turn some of it goes to the charity and most of it goes to the Vatican. We also contradict with the church stand on RH bill but we are not firm enough on our stand to the point that we are already on the same where they are standing. ART is created to be appreciated by people and not to be interpreted as something created to offend the beliefs of other people, if you don’t like it and is quite repulsive to your tastes then don’t look at it or just don’t go to the exhibit. So many people here have posted reactions that are quite over-reacting to the situation. It you believe in your GOD and you are offended by this, why in the first place learn about thois exhitbit, are you looking for something to offend you so you can put up a fight with someone. If your are too concerned that your religion has been offended a work of ART are you also concerned that some people who don’t beleive in the so called GOD have been offended by the teachings and the political standings of yuor church? This country is not only a country of Catholics, but a country of diverse beliefs. Why is it so that the Catholic church always stand in every law promulgated by the country, are they they also not sensitive to the beliefs of other religion or some people who does not have any religion at all? If ART like this are offensive to feelings of the faithful, then some of the beliefs of the faithful are also offensive to the ideas of people who does not have religion at all.
…ang sama…kung mukha moh kya pnltan moh ng painting ng ari moh?…mattuwa k ba?…no need to think…anti christ k…
hindi na art yan isa ng kabastusan at kalapastangan sa ating panginoon Jesus. yan ba ang art naituturo mo sa anak mo. sobra na at hindi magandang halimbawa sa mga kabataan. ang tunay na art ay may respeto at may pagpapahalaga sa ating kalikasan at kapaligiran na may magandang maidudulot sa bawat tao. grabe ka madeo cruz. mangilabot ka sa ginagawa mo.
galit ang normal na reaksyon ng mga hindi marunong umintindi o mga taong makitid ang pang unawa. kung di maabot ng hinagap nyo ang ibig ipahatid ng obra ni Mideo, e di wag nyong tingnan.
freedom of expression in the form of art is absolute. It is a constitutional right of every Filipino.
MIDEO WHY DONT YOU PUT YOUR MOMS FACE AND PUT THAT THING INTO HER MOUTH MAYBE I’LL CALL IT ART. YOU WANT TO SEE AN ART WHY DONT YOU GO TO PUBLIC PLACES RIGHT NOW IM SURE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PUT AN ART ON YOUR UGLY FACE PERVERT
MIDEO WHY DONT YOU PUT YOUR MOMS FACE AND PUT THAT THING INTO HER MOUTH MAYBE I’LL CALL IT ART. YOU WANT TO SEE AND ART WHY DONT YOU GO TO PUBLIC PLACES NOW IM SURE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PUT AN ART ON YOUR UGLY FACE PERVERT
“You should be dropped into the mouth of an active volcano along with emily abrera who also praises your work.”
Is this what Jesus taught you?
death treats? napaka-christian naman. hell, sa bible mismo nakalagay to oh “You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above; or on the earth below, or in the water under the earth. You shall not bow to them or serve them.” langya, larawan at sculpture na lang ba si kristo ngayon?
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. – 1 John 4:19-20
Sana maintindihan ng mga tao na hindi si Kristo ang binabastos ng artwork ni Mr. Mideo. Masyado lang religious ang mga tao dito sa pinas. Palibhasa kasi nasa loob ng mga Katolikong simbahan ang mga pictures na yan.
Sanay magising kayo sa katotohanan na Hindi si Kristo ang ipinapakita sa mga larawan na yun. Ang mga muslim ba may larawan ni Allah? Wala di ba?
Yun ang gustong ipaisip sa atin ni Mr. Cruz sa kanyang sining. Walang nakalagay sa biblia na sa sambahin nyo ang larawan ko. Na may lalaking mahabang buhok at may mahabang balbas na nakangiti. HINDI PO SI HESU KRISTO yun. (Bigyan nyo po ako ng verse sa biblia na sinasabing ganyan maniniwala pa ako sa inyong lahat.)
As for Mr. Cruz normal na ganyan ang maging reaction ng mga tao sayo dahil nasa Katolikong Bansa tayo. You should know that dahil nag aral ka sa isang paaralan sa Maynila na pinamumunuan ng mga Katolikong Pari. University of Sto.Tomas. Siguro din may limit din tayo dapat sa mga ganyang klase ng exhibit dahil marami talagang magagalit sayo relihiyoso.
MIDEO CRUZ DAPAT NA PAGSISIHAN MO ANG GINAWA MONG PAMBABASTOS SA BUONG MUNDO NG KATOLISISMO, DINAMAY MO PA ANG IBA PANG MATITINO NA ARTIST. HALIMBAWA HIRAMIN SA IYO ANG PENIS NA INILAGAY MO SA LARAWAN NG PANGINOON HESUS AT ILAGAY SA BIBIG NG LARAWAN NG IYONG INA, ASAWA, KAPATID NA BABAE AT IPASKIL O ILATHALA SA LAHAT NG DIYARYO SA MUNDO, MATUTUWA KABA? HINDI KANA NA-AWA SA IYONG PAMILYA AT MGA KAMAG-ANAK. ANG IYONG TINAMONG KARANGALAN AY SINAYANG MO, hindi ko sinasabing “BALIW KA”
Subukan mo gawin yan sa mga muslim? kaya mo lang ang katoliko,,
Is anyone of you follow that 10 commandment of Almighty?
is anyone of you read the whole of the bible?
How can you condemned a man,s work if you yourself does’ny know the 10 commandment of Almighty. In the first place Even that Almighty who instructed that 10 commandment you dont know. God, LORD, ALLAH, Dyos, who is that Almighty that you are referring to? ZechariYah 14:9 The Almight has ONE name, but nobody know what is HIS ONE NAME.
Matthew 7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Matthew 7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Agree ako kay “AngryBird” Provoke mo thinking nang Muslim … pweeee cruz pa naman surname mo … eh kung sa picture nang nanay , ate, syota or asawa mo ilagay ko yang mga katarantaduhan mo ART pa rin ba ?!!!!
art lang po yan walang buhay ang nadadamay. sisiw lang yan pre sa mga ginawang crusades ng mga roman catholics. millions ang pinapatay nila kasama na mga inosenteng bata. mala-impyerno ang kahayopan na ginawa ng roman catholics crusades. magbasa po kayo ng history.
ineexpress lang naman ni Sir Mideo Cruz yung sarili niya eh.. art lang yan.. kung naapektuhan kayo sa gawa niya, eh ibig sabihin mahina ang pananampalataya niyo.. lahat tayo may freedom of expression..
THE HOLY TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL
(SHEMOT 20: 3-14 DEVARIM 5: 7-18)
1. You shall have no other gods besides Me. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
2. You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above; or on the earth below, or in the water under the earth. You shall not bow to them or serve them. For I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Am a Jealous GOD; visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those people who reject Me, but showing My kindness to thousands of generations to those people who are devoted to Me and obey My Holy Commandments.
3. You shall not swear falsely by the Holy Name of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD; for the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL will not clear one who swears falsely by My Holy Name.
4. Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it Holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath Day of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD: you shall not do any work; you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. For in six days the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them, and the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL rested on the seventh day; therefore the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL blessed the Sabbath Day and made it Holy.
5. Honor your Father and your Mother; that you may long endure in the land that the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD is assigning to you. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
6. You shall not murder. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
7. You shall not commit adultery. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
8. You shall not steal. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house: you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; or his male and female slave or his ox or his ass, or anything else that is your neighbor’s property. I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Command you.
Know then this day and put in mind that the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL Alone is GOD in heaven above and on earth below; and there is no other god at all, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(DEVARIM 4:39)
And this shall be My Holy Covenant with them said the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL. My Holy Spirit which is upon you and the Holy Words which I have place in your mouth, shall not be absent from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children said the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL, from now on and for all time, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(Isaiah 59: 21)
The Glory and Victory of HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL with His Pure Servants
Now then, if you obey Me faithfully and keep My Holy Covenant the Holy Ten Commandments, you shall be My Treasure Possession among all the people on earth. Indeed, all the earth is Mine, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(SHEMOT 19:5)
In every place where I cause My Holy Name to be mentioned I will come to you and I will bless you, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(SHEMOT 20:21)
I Am the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL, that is My Holy Name; I do not give My Glory to another, I do not give My Renown to idols, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(Isaiah 42:8)
No weapon formed against you shall succeed and every tongue that contends with you at Holy Laws you shall defeat. Such is the lot of the pure servants of the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL, Such their Victory through Me, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(Isaiah 54:17)
My Pure Prayer
My HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL our Only One True Living GOD, Creator of heaven and earth, the HOLY GOD of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac and HOLY YISRAEL, You are GOD of Love, GOD of Mercy and GOD of Justice, because of Your Great Holy Abundant Mercy, please have mercy on me and please forgive me for all my sins and mistakes. I surrender my life to You our HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL because You are My Creator and my Redeemer. Please understand me that I do not want to promise anything to You because I do not like to commit sins and mistakes against You, but please guide me according to Your Holy Way that I will be able to obey all Your Holy Ten Commandments and Holy Decrees with the New Holy Covenant in actions for Your Glory and Victory now, forever and ever. I thank You our HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL for everything and for granting all my prayer. I praise Your Holy Name our HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL now, forever and ever. hallelujah!
Do not fear them for it is the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Who will battle for you to bring you victory for My Glory, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(DEVARIM 3:22)
Know then this day that none other than the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD is crossing at your head, a devouring fire; it is the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL Who wipe them out, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(DEVARIM 9:3)
It is the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL your HOLY GOD Who marches with you, to do battle for you against all your enemies to bring you Victory for My Glory, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(DEVARIM 20:4)
Moreover, the Glory of HOLY YISRAEL does not deceive or change His mind; for HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL is not human being that He should change His mind, declares the HOLY GOD ALMIGHTY YISRAEL.
(1 SAMUEL 15:29)
Freedom of expression is not absolute. It is not a license to desecrate and insult items held sacred by other people.
Mr.kUNG ART ANG PINAGLALABAN MONG SINASABI MO E HINDI TALAGA MAUNAWAAN NG ISIP KO,ART BANG MAITUTURING YUNG BASTUSIN MO ANG LARAWAN NG ATING PANGINOON..YAN BA ANG ITUTURO MO SA MGA ANAK MO.HINDI KA LANG NAKAKATAKOT NAKAKAPANGILABOT KPA..WALA KA NA BA MAISIP O MGA IDEA NA BAGO BAKIT HINDI ANG MGA LANGGAM ANAY NA NASA MUKHA O INUUOD NA MUKHA MO MAGANDA YUN….
Mideo Cruz said: “I wanted to provoke people into thinking.”
If that so then why don’t you provoke the Muslims by displaying art works offending to them and see how they will react? Christians are easy target for you coz they don’t react the way Muslims would.
You should be dropped into the mouth of an active volcano along with emily abrera who also praises your work.