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November 19, 2007
Artist Admits to Fear of Islam
Posted by Dave Blount at November 19, 2007 9:23 AM
Moonbat artists certainly are bold when it comes to defiling Christianity. With Islam, however, their bogus courage fails them — as Grayson Perry at least admits.
Britain's contemporary artists are fêted around the world for their willingness to shock but fear is preventing them from tackling Islamic fundamentalism. Grayson Perry, the cross-dressing potter, Turner Prize winner and former Times columnist, said that he had consciously avoided commenting on radical Islam in his otherwise highly provocative body of work because of the threat of reprisals.
Perry also believes that many of his fellow visual artists have also ducked the issue, and one leading British gallery director told The Times that few major venues would be prepared to show potentially inflammatory works.
"I've censored myself," Perry said at a discussion on art and politics organised by the Art Fund. "The reason I haven't gone all out attacking Islamism in my art is because I feel real fear that someone will slit my throat."
Perry's highly decorated pots can sell for more than £50,000 and often feature sex, violence and childhood motifs. One work depicted a teddy bear being born from a penis as the Virgin Mary. "I'm interested in religion and I've made a lot of pieces about it," he said. "With other targets you've got a better idea of who they are but Islamism is very amorphous. You don't know what the threshold is. Even what seems an innocuous image might trigger off a really violent reaction so I just play safe all the time."
Sad but true: in a world run by politically correct cowards, terrorism works. Since you can't be a Christian in any meaningful sense and a terrorist at the same time, look forward to more crucifixes in urine, Virgin Marys smeared with feces, anatomically correct chocolate Jesuses, etc. — and nothing but groveling respect for the terrorist cult known as the Religion of Peace.
If you want a "Piss Mohammad," you have to make your own. Via Hyscience.
On a tip from Scott.
