I found this at Mideo Cruz's Facebook page at the album "Poleteismo". I have posted the most significant and most discussed works of Mideo Cruz for that matter. While we both have our own opinions to tell, you be the judge. Hit the comments box below for reactions, negative or positive.
I believe in freedom of speech and expression, but we must both agree that these freedoms are not absolute. Saying otherwise is tantamount to anarchy in modern society. I can do an extensive take on this, but there are too many cooks. It will definitely spoil the broth.
Anyway, do you think that these items are sacriligeous, or would you call them "art"? Personally, I won't. But like I said, you be the judge. Voice out your opinions below on Mideo Cruz's "Poleteismo" pictures at CCP exhibit Kulo.
'Till my next installment,
[Photos by Mideo Cruz Facebook page]
He made those controversial arts para mapag-usapan ng mga tao. And then sisikat siya.
ReplyDelete...as a Thomasian, I despise these set of work displayed in public!...can it even be classified as work of art?...i beg to disagree! In the first place, having the skills/talents of an artist is a gift from our Almighty God! & this man could have forgotten about it!
ReplyDeleteas a person i really don't get what you did.
ReplyDeleteas a christian wala kang respect sa ating PANGINOON and i will pray for your safety baka kc masunog ka sa hell. be thankful dahil ang lord ay mapag pasencya nlng peowlang ka siguraduhan kung ikaw ay mapapatawad pa
Freedom of Expression. sige lang bayaan mo mga tao.
ReplyDeletegaling ka ng uste,yan ba turo sa inyo o glit ka lang sa mga paring nagtuturo syo ng art?ako grad ako ng fine arts pero dko binalak gumawa ng 1 bagay para lang ako sumikat.tingin ko jejemon ka?kulang ka lang sa pansin.sna nag pabody paint ka tapos lakad ka ng nakahubad,saksakan mo lang ng condom titi mo.gawa ka ulit ng obra yung alah nman ng mga muslim ang babuyin mo, tapos sa basilan mo gawin yung exhibit tyak putol lahat ng ulo mo.
ReplyDeleteI though you're an artist?cut and paste lang ang ginawa mo dito ah?tpos konting sulat,yan nba ang OBRA MAESTRA na sinasabi mo.yan na pala ang tinuturo sa UST COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ngayon?syang naman ang binabayad na tuition fee nyo,pang prep lang yang art mo boy?cut and paste?ang alam ko kapag sinabing OBRA MAESTRA yung pinipinta,GRAFFITTI yan eh,vandalism.its not an art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agee kay Anonymous August 11, 2011 12:58am. Gawa lang ng isang nasisirang utak ang mga ito. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION??? Ano ba ang in-e-express nya dun sa ginawa nyang mickey mouse yun face ni Jesus? Halatang halat na gawa ito ng isang ANTI-CHRIST! Baka ito na ang advance party ng mga sinasabi sa Bible na maghahasik ng kadiliman.. Mag-ingat lang tayo...
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus, have mercy on us!
Pano naging artist yung taong yun? Di man lang marunong gumalang! So, ibig sabihin exempted lahat nang mga artist para sa pangbabastos nang ating panginoon?
ReplyDeleteThis is a work of an insane man masking as an artist, He is an example of an individual with unresolved childhood and venting his frustrations on things he knew people will take notice off, He wants attention, He can also be a pervert expressing his malicious fantasies
ReplyDeletethats an art..? haha
ReplyDeleteart of evil!
ReplyDeleteMideo cruz, masahol kapa kay ampatuan. demonyo ka! sana mag tae ka ng tilapia na una ang buntot. .. naiinis ako sayo. wala kang galang sa PANGINOON...
ReplyDeleteyan ang mga taong kulang sa pansin...
ReplyDeletemideo cruz,bakit hindi na lng mga pictures mo at ng pamilya mo nilagay mo dyan?kasi wala nga naman papansin...kaya ginamit mo ang panginoon ng lahat para mapansin ka.....dapat sayo sinusunog na ng buhay ngayon.
ReplyDeleteArt is as good as its creator, we see Poleteismo as total "trash" like the creator - Mideo Cruz!
ReplyDeleteMideo Cruz... dapat Mideong Dikit pangalan mo! Tanggalin mo na ang CRUZ sa apelido mo dahil wala kang galang sa CRUZ.
ReplyDeleteArtist din ako and I don't like this artwork. Sabi nga nila, freedom of expression daw eto. Bro naman, me hangganan naman ang lahat. Sana inisip mo muna bago mo gawin yang sinasabi mong obra mo na karamihan ng pilipino ay katoliko. At syempre magrereact sa gawa mo. What you did was obvious. Di mo kailangang maging katoliko para malaman na kabastosan ginawa mo. at ang masasabi ko sa mga artist-kuno na sumusuporta sa mideo cruz na ito, masyado kayong matatalino para di makita ang kababuyan ng KULO. Masyado nyo dinidibdib ang napagaralan nyo at yang freedom of expression nyo. Sana binili nyo nalang ang artwork ng mideo cruz na yan at idisplay sa kwarto nyo ng di na pinaguusapan yang papansin na yan ngayon.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the talent???
ReplyDeleteThese artists and pro-Mideo Cruz claims themselves as open-minded people but truthfully you guys are the most close-minded people. Kung talagang me utak kayo at open minded, alam nyong kabastusan na ito. You don't have to be intelligent to know what's right or wrong. Sadly, utak mideo cruz din kayo. It is obvious that the image of Jesus Christ is acceptable not just in the Philippines but all over the world. Its part of our culture. Ket american catholic, german catholic, chinse catholic, filipino catholic ka man, there is only one meaning to this Kulo artwork, at yun ay "disrespectful, ignorant, insensitive and trying hard." mselves as open-minded people but truthfully you guys are the most close-minded people. Kung talagang me utak kayo at open minded, alam nyong kabastusan na ito. You don't have to be intelligent to know what's right or wrong. Sadly, utak mideo cruz din kayo. It is obvious that the image of Jesus Christ is acceptable not just in the Philippines but all over the world. Its part of our culture. Ket american catholic, german catholic, chinse catholic, filipino catholic ka man, there is only one meaning to this Kulo artwork, at yun ay "disrespectful, ignorant, insensitive and trying hard."
ReplyDeleteits a legitimate piece of art..
ReplyDeletebut we have to accept that this is not europe or america
hindi pa talaga bukas ang isip ng masang pilipino sa tinatawag na art in general...
kumbaga sa movie ang gawa ni mideo cruz ay indie film at nasanay na ang pilipino sa mainstream movie kaya ng makita nila to na shock at di sila makarelate....
ganon lang yan kasimple....
It's so disgusting......those works of Mideo Cruz are not for art sake but a work of the devil.....Fear God....
ReplyDeleteMedeo Cruz Bastos CCP Tanga!
ReplyDeletePURO LANG KAYO SALITA NG SALITA!!!
ReplyDeleteKINALIMUTAN NYU ANG TINURO SA INYO NG DIYOS.
na hndi natin gwing outsider ang katulad nating tao.
ATHEIST ako alam ko pa ang cnbi sa inyo ng diyos nyu...d b may kasanbihan "ang diyos nga nag papatawad kayo pang mga TAO?"
Anyway, what's the meaning of that art for mideo cruz?
ReplyDeletewe have our own sides. Me, I do not support him nor condemn him. If you are a real catholic, you should not condemn Mr. Mideo Cruz for his actions. If he is an anti-christ, try to understand. But if he is a catholic, better yet pray for him to be guided and not letting your mouth and anger in control. If you defend the catholic church. Act as a catholic. Pray for him and not judge him. After all, anger will not solve a thing. PEACE BE WITH ALL OF YOU...;)
ReplyDeleteyeah blasphemy!!!
ReplyDeleteShame on you!!! RESPETO naman jan. Hindi nakakatuwa ang sining na ito, it describe's d' Mental condition of this artist. Dapat lang na sinarado ang exhibit na ito coz those are nothing but rubbish..
ReplyDeleteMany might say that as an artist... we should be expressive... but we can never be callous. I think advertising made it too liberal... "be yourself" "express yourself". But to all those who keep on bashing him directly, better stay clam, or it might be we who are losing sight of good manners....
ReplyDeleteYung art nya parang di original. He superimposed something on the work of other artist,plagiarism at its worst. ART lifts the spirit, the soul of men.It imitates life. T doesn't even come close to satire. It is vandalism,blasphemy. Supposing someone draws the face of his mother with a penis on her mouth, would this artist be too tolerant and say"Hey,its very artistic". O come on...
ReplyDeletei love art but this is not actually an art to be love by an art's lover.kuha mo?
ReplyDeleteMc, pare, ganyan ba ang itinuro ng magulang mo? ang bastusin ang imahe ng diyos? yan ba ang art mo? freedom of expression, dapat kaakibat ang responsibility. Sa susunod, gawa ka uli ng ganyan, ang model mo, magulang mo, kapatid at iba mong kamag-anak, ikaw ang lead role ha! para ma-appreciate ng kamag-anak mo ang iyong obra.
ReplyDeleteI am a Roman Catholic and I really find Cruz’s work blasphemous and really disturbing but as what we were taught, we have no right to curse him and all. Let our anger not drive our reactions nor let him be a reason for us to sin. Let’s just pray for him.
ReplyDeletethis aint art, this is just a bunch of CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteParaan lang yan para unti unti ay masanay ang mata mo sa ganyan klase ng "ART"..
ReplyDeleteUntil slowy, ma absorb mo, then later on normal na lang syo yan.
The battle between good and evil is still ongoing...
Pabayaan niyo na lang siya... bahala na ang ating Panginoon sa kanya.
ReplyDeleteWe get offended by people who do things like this. That, I think, is a good sign. But as many have already commented, it's all a matter of doing things for the love of God. Yes it's offensive but God would not want us all to go bad just because of the actions of one man. For now, it's better that we reflect on the question, "What have I done in my life to allow such an event to happen?" I'm sure we all can get something from that instead of spending our time cursing a fellow human person.
ReplyDeleteGod has enough power to use the bad to do some good. If we all look deeply in the situation, we are just being presented with the reality brought about by secularization. Hopefully we all learn from this as well. This is a chance to ask ourselves what more we can do to get people to love God the way we do because for sure, we have not done enough.
ma emotional thread na ito: nakakatawa at nakakayamot din. kung kasalanan ang pag banggit ng pangalan ng Dios ng walang kabuluhan cguro mas lalong karumaldumal ang gawang ito! pwde ba gumawa nman tayo tama maayos sa ating lipunan. dagdag pasanin kayo ng gobyerno! c medio cruz ang modernong roman soldier, at jew na lumapastangan key Jesus Christ!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's best to remember that Jesus Christ Superstar used to be considered blasphemous and demonic. We should also remember that it was staged in Vatican City for the Jubilee.
ReplyDeleteO KAYO NA MGA ART EXPERT! i'm not really defending him but what's important is the meaning behind his work. maybe it's logical. Art isn't just about pleasing the audience. Many artists produce works of art that aim to "scare" or "disturb" the audience like most surrealist artists do, it leaves a bigger impact that way. Salvador Dali has created more disturbing works than this. I'm no art expert but i'm just saying what i've learned in high school so nagulat lang ako kung bakit pati mga fine arts graduates eh sobrang surprised sa ginawa niya. Sabi nga ni Anonymous August 12, 2011 10:41 AM "hindi pa talaga bukas ang isip ng masang pilipino sa tinatawag na art in general..."
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, his work proves how people think and feel. I don't support this kind of art and I'm happy to see most Filipino don't accept it as well! I'm still in high hopes for a good change in our country.
ReplyDeletepakulo kasi kayo paso tuloy hindi nila tanggap at ayaw tumingin sa obra mo basta bastos daw ,iilan lang ang makaiintindi sa mga gawa at pakay mo pati nga titulo kailangan pang i-research para maintindihan kung hindi nila ipinasara yan kayo-kayo lang sa CCP hanggang matapos ang exhibit lakas ng loob niyo na magpakita ng ganyan.Hanga ng sa apog at sikmura niyo. The mob wants your blood and your heads to roll.
ReplyDeleteWala namang masama sa mga ginawa ni cruz, we just need to be open-minded.. tingnan muna natin if ano nga ba ibig sabihin ng obra niya kasi para sakin napkalaki nitong eye opener sa mga nagyayari satin.. mas masahol pa nga ginagawa ng ibang tao sa paligid natin....
ReplyDeletewhatever is it that the artist wants to convey, sana hindi nalang yung mga larawan na yun ginamit nya... nilapastangan nya yon, hindi naman sa kanya ang mga larawan na yun.. kung larawan kaya nya ang gawan ng ganun, happy kaya syang tingnan ang ganun? di ba parang binababoy sya nun? Respeto ka naman sa mga nanampalataya Brod.
ReplyDeletemukha mo kaya brod lagyan mo nun... baka sakaling pansinin ka... kulang ka kasi sa pansin...
ReplyDeleteako sobra akong liberated na tao, pero sa artwork nya, parang hindi ako sang ayon na nasa tamang pag iisip sya... baka nawawala sa sarili...gising ka hoyyyy, matauhan ka sana... wala kang galang sa Panginoon, sana tamaan ka nang kidlat sa ginawaa mo..
ReplyDeletesaludo ako sau mideo, gnising mo lhat ng banal na aso at santong kabayo sa obra mo... pero sa ginawa mo lalo ko lang minahal ng husto ang Panginoong Hesukristo... dahil kahit anu pang imahe gawin mo sa Kanya wala akong pakielam dahil di ako sumasamba sa imahe bagkus sa mga gintong aral na ibinigay Nya.
ReplyDeleteExodus 20:2-5
ReplyDeleteIf you really are catholics/christians, then you wouldn't be bothered by Mideo's art. Your reactions simply show how shallow your faith is.
...puro basura ang art nia puro cut out lang hindi 'yan pampa pansin lang baka gusto lang niya pag usapan kung ga ano kakitid works niya...
ReplyDelete...sa tingin ko sa kanya me kimkim na galit 'yan sa larawan at sa pag gupit ng kung anoano niya ibinuhoss wawa naman..hoyy isang BLASPHEMY ang ginawa mo matauhan ka naman..
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad thing that you're condemning a man for doing what he believes as right. He simply wish for us to see an overlooked social structure that needed discussion, attention. To dismiss his artwork as trash is fine. That's your opinion as a viewer of his art. But to demonize the artist himself for "shedding a light" to the faults of society, now that's the trash of society. You might be Christians and I felt that if I were, I would be offended if only in the slightest. But really, we people should learn to explore the objective side of it and not dwell in our preconceived prejudices and misrepresentation of a person's actions. As I said, you have the right to be offended, to say that the artwork is bad. However, insulting the artist, branding him automatically as insane, out of his mind, etc., is not how a rational creature and civilized society works. He gave us a chance to reflect on our faults. Do we grab it? Or do we continue to live in our blissful bubble of ignorance? I can see that most of you have already chosen the latter. It's not yet too late to rethink your stance.
ReplyDeletekulang lang yan sa pansin
ReplyDeleteReflect on our own faults???... Wala na ba ibang paraan para maipamukha ang social ills nating mga Pilipino? No matter how noble Mideo's purpose is he chose to desecrate and discriminate Catholic's religious symbols. Hindi lang Katoliko ang may share sa sakit ng ating lipunan... pati ateista at iba pang relihiyon. Nagkulang ka lang sa sensibilidad at loob para sa tamang pag-atake sa isyu na gusto mo buksan. You could not invoke on freedom of expression, kasi may hangganan pa rin yan, if you know no boundaries sa yong kalayaan, then, there's something wrong with you I suppose.
ReplyDeletekabastosan ang lahat.....
ReplyDeletekung totoo syang artist dapat alam niya na may limitasyon sya!!!!!
maka bago nga sa tingin!!! kaso malaswa sa mga nakakakita.. at ginawa niya lang yan para pag usapan ng nga tao...masama siya sa mga mata ng mga kabatan... if he is a good artist he must know the limits of being a artist....kahit na sabihin pa niyang dapat may kalayaan ang bawat tao nag mag pahayag nang kanyang ideya.....
ReplyDeletedo you called that talent????? hindi ko nakita ang gawa ng isang magaling na artist..
ReplyDeleteGod bless this man..
ReplyDeleteKSP na tao.... cguro hindi nya alam kung sino c JESUS CHRIST sa buhay nya... walang magawa sa buhay...nakakainis ka...Mr. Mideo..
ReplyDeleteoo nga
ReplyDeletesana naman hindi lang natin tignan ang isang bahagi ng sining na ipinakita ni Mideo. sa halip tignan natin ang kabuuan ng gusto nyang sabihin. maaring ang simbahang katoliko ang tinatamaan ng issue na ito pero pambabastos ba talaga o pagsikat ang kanyang dahilan para dito. Ito ay isang Poleteismo... isa itong uri ng sining... hindi naman siguro papayagan ng mga kinauukulan na ilagay ang kanyang mga likha sa sentro ng sining sa Pilipinas kung may mali dito. wag tayong maging reaksyonaryo. kaya hindi umuunlad ang bansa natin eh... i love you Mideo
ReplyDeletesimple lang naman yan e, we as a catholic, were like one big family and we have a father and a mother that we respect and loved. Kaya pag yinuyurakan na ang aming mga magulang natural lang na magalit kami.......
ReplyDeleteE yang si Mideo Cruz, gugustuhin ba nya na yurakan ang kanyang mga magulang?
I think sa sobrang obsessed nya sa art e nabaliw na siya.....
bakita kaya di na lang mukha niya ung gamitin niyang model at hindi na ung Panginoon. Tutal naman art din naman un. Bro, sana naiisip mo na kung anu ung ginawa mu, at sana isipin mu rin na iba iba ang pagiisip ng tao kaya sana wag na nating uulitin un o kaya kung gagawa ka ng "sining" na ganyan wag mu ng ipakita sa publiko, kayo kayo na lang na mga open minded kuno ang tumingin niyan. respect lng. God Bless
ReplyDeletethe title of the work is called "Poleteismo". now i'm not an artist, BUT i do know that poleteismo translates to polytheism (surprise!) so it's not so surprising that the artwork depicts such things.
ReplyDeletepeople who are saying "dapat ginamit mo na lang mukha mo" and all that crap have clearly missed the point of the artwork. it's talking about how we worship so many different things, like celebs/hot chicks/money/material things/etc.. at least that's what i garnered from it. it's controversial. it's disturbing. but ironically, it's true. when we say shit like "ay diyos ko po" or we look longingly at those hot girls on billboards but at the same time, we have a rosary dangling from the rearview mirror. it's some similar shit.
sana ginawa mo muna sa nanay mong image
ReplyDeleteugly!!
ReplyDeletesana..matakot ka sa diyos...o may takot ka man d mo ginamt sa obra mo na ito...me the lord god bless u..let the lord enter in your heart....
ReplyDeleteI am a Christian and not a catholic, and I am not offended by these kind of things. I can understand the message the artist wants to convey. My faith is with God, not with images. I don't believe in those images being the image of Christ. The artist can do anything that pleases him, but he must always think of what others might feel. He is responsible of what others might think.
ReplyDeleteI don't like religious images myself. But I also respect other's beliefs. I'd rather speak about the bible's truth about these things, than to trample on their religiosity.
Pinapakita lang ng "Art" ni Cruz na ang tao ngayon ay nabubuhay sa "Poleteismo"... Tignan nyo maigi ang mga ginawa niya... para sa akin, walang kwenta ung "Obra" niya... panget. pero yun mensahe niya para sakin ganito: "Maliban kay Hesus, andami mo pang dinodyos... FPJ, Britney Spears, Images of the Sto.Nino, at kung anu-ano pa."
ReplyDeleteNa-ooffend kayo kasi, maliban kay Jesus, dinodyos nyo na rin ang lahat ng yan. We don't need any Images... God loathes those images (Deuteronomy 5:8-9)" Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,"
(John 8:7) "And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Napaka linaw ng utos ng Diyos... kaya kung naooffend ka parin sa ganyan... baka naooffend na rin ang Diyos sa iyo... at kung anu-ano pang judgement niyo sa taong gumawa niyan, kung di ka talaga makasalanan, ikaw unang mag tapon ng bato sa kanya.
God Bless us all!
this is my first time to really see the artworks and this is how i saw it: is the so-called image of Jesus still being respected by people today amidst all the other images that swim in your heads? aminin, marami pang time maging online kesa magsimba ang mga tao. mr. cruz simply put out a wake up call, now people are shooting him down. just take a different perspective. you'd understand. don't be hypocrites.
ReplyDeletei know we had these "different perspectives" when it comes to things.,maybe this are peculiar for you.,kung nakakaofend man yung ginawa nya.,i think cruz has an explanation for doing such art daw.,
ReplyDeleteI thought the title of the exhibit is Polytheism? E bakit Catholic beliefs lang ang ginawang main background? If polytheism means "the belief of different dieties" then he should have included other religions in the country din. Tignan lang natin kung hindi ma-offend yung ibang religions kapag binaboy yung mga things that they consider sacred. The main battlecry here is RESPECT for one's belief...And I think it is a general teaching, whether Catholic or not.
ReplyDeletehey u have a wrong and right and your wrong is that like science art HAS boundaries. Science CANNOT overstep the boundaries of belief,religion and superstitions and etc. SCIENCE IS A BIG THING! what more does this rule apply to art?
ReplyDeleteYes, Mideo Cruz is telling the reality of human sinful nature - worshiping many human works of art, even the supposedly face of Jesus and Mary- a work of humans which is believed to be the real faces of Jesus and Mary respectively.
ReplyDeleteNo artist exactly knew the real face of Jesus. According to the Bible, Jesus' face is not attractive, his appearance makes no one's attention captivated to him, his looks had nothing to attract of one's attention.
Let me quote Isaiah 53: 2-6 (The Message),
"The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling,
a scrubby plant in a parched field.
There was nothing attractive about him,
nothing to cause us to take a second look.
He was looked down on and passed over,
a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand.
One look at him and people turned away.
We looked down on him, thought he was scum.
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried—
our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us.
We thought he brought it on himself,
that God was punishing him for his own failures.
But it was our sins that did that to him,
that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins!
He took the punishment, and that made us whole.
Through his bruises we get healed.
We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost.
We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.
And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong,
on him, on him."
Let us worship Jesus our risen Lord and Savior in the beauty of holiness in our thoughts, words and actions; and not merely by making his supposed image sacred.
Let us study the bible! We will know more about Jesus..."You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." John 5: 39 NKJV
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sobrang nakakatakot ang ginawa nya.. nakakakilabot.. ang lakas ng masamang pwersang sumapi sa utak non ni manong.. Lahat tayo may rights na ipahayag ang nararamdaman pero kaylangang maging matalino pa rin tayo sa mga ginagawa at inaasal natin. Nakalimutan yata nya na ang buhay ng tao sa mundo ay panandalian lang at paghahanda ito para sa pagharap natin sa paghuhukom ng Diyos. Maawain ang Diyos. Sana lang mapatawad sya ng Diyos sa ginawa nyang pambababoy at pang- aalipustang ginawa sa kanya ni manong Mideo Cruz.
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised Catholic but I'm not very religious. I'm a "liberal" 20 year old and I believe in being a part of this vast and wondrous universe. I personally think his exhibit was a bit too much, but I don't feel offended. I know a lot of conservative, very pious Catholics were, but this whole reaction to him, is again, toooo much. His exhibit was already put down and a lot of flack was given to him. Let's not fight fire with fire if you call yourselves Christians.
ReplyDeleteIt's very simple. Those religious images are sacred to say the least. They are meant to be respected. That's how we study them especially as Catholics right? He's even a UST student. So why would you ruin or disorganize an image that we have been respecting for so long just to tackle some social issues? Yes, it's obviously blasphemy.
ReplyDeleteSa mga sumasangayon kay Mideo Cruz kung sinasabi nyong art ang ginawa nya bakit di nyo isama sa exhibit ang mga litrato nyo at ng mga magulang nyo, na mayroon ding mga nakatapal na mga ari ng lalaki at mga condom.
ReplyDeleteThere's always a reason beyond every work. I'm not an artist and I can't say wether that art work Mideo Cruz made is right nor wrong. If we Filipinos are brilliant enough to look and examine his art works clearly, we could definitely understand what it means. I, personally think that his work shows how chaotic our nation is and how dirty the politics are. This is just a reminder for us, as a Catholic and as a citizen to start a better life.
ReplyDeleteAs a CPP exhibit, Kulo is not that great, but what'z amazing is the reaction of the "Christians" and "moralist" to the "art-installation".
ReplyDeleteLets not forget that advance thingkers of the time/scientists who once draw a "round" Earth and went against the prevailing social belief and "the church's" belief that the world is flat and the earth is the center of the universe received the same ridicule.
For peat's sakes, they even branded them as heretics and burn them in stakes. Where are those church leaders who ordered such inhumane punishment for not "going with the flow" or not being "patay na hipon"???? some of them are revered as Saints?
I admire "kulo" as a great tool for slapping the face of many members of our hypocritical society. I hope that subjects like this should not drive outward rage but drive an inward look at ourselves and maybe, just maybe,,,drive change to the society.
even if i'm not catolic/christian i think his works of art doesn't know the word RESPECT
ReplyDeleteRESPECT?????
ReplyDeleteI think this work has been misused many times to cover our sensitivities and because we are not ready to face that other people may think different.
"Lets get our of our shells" and face the world with a perspective that others will be different and we ought to respect people who doesn't have the same belief as ours. Tough world??? yes its really a tough wold out there and we need to "stomach" it and lets not hide behind such BS as "RESPECT"
kahit ano pang ibig niyang iparating dito, hindi parin tama na sa ganitong paraan niya ihayag ang mensahe niya.. nakakalungkot isipin na may mga taong nasisikmura ang ganitong kababuyan.
ReplyDeleteBanal na aso, Santong kabayo, natatawa ako...huhuhuhu...
ReplyDeletehaha langya! basura.. art na pla ngayon.. hindi art yan punyeta.. basura! pota ambaho!
ReplyDeletenkkapangilabot nmn toh.. he might be possessed by a demon habang ginagawa nya yan.. me respeto ako sa mga artist..pero indi gagawin ng isang taong may MATINONG PAG-IICP ung mga ganyan.. indi xa dpat tawaging artist. kwawa nmn magulang mo.. pati school mo.. indi mo na cla binigyan ng kahihiyan.
ReplyDeletemideo cruz, buhay kpa sinusunog na kaluluwa mo sa impyerno!
ambobo ng ccp! kahit basurero kayang gawin yan! babuyan lang pala eh.
ReplyDeleteMideo Cruz = ASSHOLE. Period.
ReplyDeletehind nya alam kung ano ang art n walang tinatpakan....how terrible sna pingicpan nya ang ga2win nya
ReplyDeleteThose who are offended are those who give high regards to images. Images that God himself hates. They are narrow minded and cannot decipher what Mideo's art really mean. His art is weird to look at, but it is full of meaning.
ReplyDeleteThese narrow minded people are hypocrites who won't accept their own sinful self and would point their fingers on other people. Jesus once said: "Those who have not sinned, throw the fist stone." Sige pa, pagpatuloy niyo lang... you are not just offending the artist, but also God himself.
Sa mga pinagsasabi nyo, nasasabi nyo pang Kristyano kayo?
I am sick and tired of this BS! Both sides would never shut up! Sa mga pro-MC, stop using the phrase "kung sinu ang walang sala sya ang unang bumato". Kung di nyo din masyadong naiintindihan mga pinagsasasabi nyo eh wag na kayong magsalita. Kasi pinapatamaan nyo din sarili nyo by saying those words. Kahit sinu man sa atin eh involve sa biblical phrase na yan! Ma pa pro ka man o anti. The issue is not about what the artwork meant. Its about the way it was portrayed! You pro-MC people claims you are open-minded. Well the truth is that you are narrow minded kasi masyado nyo pinapalaki ang issue. Masyado kayong matatalino at lahat nalang kailangan nyong idefend. Eh ang issue lang naman yung RESPEcT to other religions. Not the meaning of the work. Dumbass! Sa mga anti-MC naman whether christians, catholics or non-believers, wag nyo na din pansinin yang si MC o mga defenders nya kasi hindi sila titigil in the pursuit of freedom of expression kuno! Wag nyo na patulan mga kagaya nilang baliw. Di mawawalan ng sasabihin mga yan hanggat me mga kristianong naapektuhan. Sa artist na gumawa ng controversial artwork. Goodjob! You deserve na mapagusapan sa ginawa mo! Ganun naman diba, mga walang kwenta ang pinaguusapan. Next time sana gawin mo din eto, lahat ng picture ng Presidente ng mundo lagyan mo ng ari sa muka at idisplay sa ccp. Kahit isang araw lang. Ng gerahin na tayo ng buong mundo. At ng mission accomplish ka na! Godbless sa lahat! Goodluck sa buhay nyo!
ReplyDeleteThe juxtaposition of the "sacred" and the profane in a "crude," blatant, and colorful way is the perfect expression of our society. One need only contemplate jeep art, or greet the local parish priest's mistress at the rectory door, or watch movies starring high-ranking politicians. And we boast that these all represent our values or pass as our saints. The artist has shown us for what we are. The crude, blatant, and "colorful" reaction to his work actually confirms it.
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ReplyDeleteAugust 17, 2011 9:24 PM
alam mo.. nakakatawa ka.. nagpapanggap ka na parang sawa ka na sa argument na 2, pero sa 22o namn, isa ka sa mga gs2 lng magpasikat at wala namang alam at nakakagulo lng lalo.. bsahin mu nga uli yang comment mo.. eh napaka one sided.. kung tlagang sick and tired ka na, eh di sana nde ka na nagcomment at d mu na ginisa ung mga nagdedefend.. pinaligoy ligoy mo lng ung sinabi mo pero halata naman, nanggagalaiti ka kay mideo.. Hypocrite..
Did you know that those art works are all about us? It's a fact. If people says MC didn't respect Jesus, the question is, did we? did we? did we?
ReplyDeleteSaying harsh and rude words, judging and condemning are million times nasty than how you look MC's art.
oonga wala kaung pinagkaiba sa mga taong nagpapako kay hesus.. siguro mga anti cristo tong mga to.. abusado kayo sa pgging malikhain nyo.. ang mga taong anti cristo walang puwnng sa mundo!!!
ReplyDeletemideo cruz!!! pakamatay ka na.. iisa lang naman ang pupuntahan mo impyerno!!!
ReplyDeleteWe shoul always remember that we do not live in unanimous belief, and all kinds of religion, to supernatual or empirically materialistic, they are both arts of intelligence. Inspite of infinite differentiation about politics and art, nature and science, there is on truth that binds us all as consequence of inevitable social coexistence--- democracy. Without the true sense of democracy, existence of humanity shall be temporary or endless hell on earth due to abusive enacting of personal liberties. We have ideals as foundation of our individuality known as personal religions. God became the most common religion, to a supernatural entity. Moreover, democracy is also a religion, compulsory that we ought to submit for peaceful and orderly community. Democracy is too a social religion of people in reality that we should have faith with. And the people can only achieve a democratic society in optimum equilibrium, save us and the future generation from pool of political crisis by understanding and acceptance of the sense of respect and equality, which is the heart of democracy.
ReplyDeletewala kwenta basura mo tol
ReplyDeleteMIDEO CRUZ PUTANG INA KA
ReplyDeleteGO TO HELL MEDIO CRUZ WITH UR TRUST ART WORK.....F_CK Y_U
ReplyDeleteMideo Cruz, mockery ang ginawa mo. Ano ang maramdaman mo kung larawan ng mga mahal mo sa buhay ang subject sa kagagawan mo? Be human. Respect the beliefs of other. Selfish ka. You do not have the right to abuse others
ReplyDeleteano b nmang ART yan....binibigyan nya ng bad impression ang unibersidad na kanyang pinanggalingan.dun k p nman gustong mag-aral pagdating ko ng kolehiyo...
ReplyDeleteano b nmang ART yan....binibigyan nya ng bad impression ang unibersidad na kanyang pinanggalingan.dun k p nman gustong mag-aral pagdating ko ng kolehiyo...
ReplyDeleteI have been intrigued by this artwork for a few weeks already. Being a fan of visual arts and being an artist myself, I have always tried my best to keep an open mind when it comes to analyzing art. I believe that self expression needs no religion cause religion is a barrier of self expression and for weeks I have been thinking if this work of art should be understood and considered and it leads me to one question.
ReplyDeleteWould you want your loved ones and/or people you highly respect to have a huge wooden dick installed on their photos? The answer would be pretty obvious.
disturbed cguro.
ReplyDeleteBlasphemous? To whom? The GOD or the Catholic believers? If he could only express himself through this form without going out on streets and destroy public properties, then be it. Nothing wrong. This is lighter than threatening people for ex-communication by the church. :)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Jesus gets offended when faithful Catholics picture him with carefully plucked eyebrows, eyeliner, and lipstick.
ReplyDeletehave we forgotten that Christianity abhors idolatry? what else do we call these icons and images but for the promotion of that which Christians are supposed to condemn and not be part of, aber?
ReplyDeleteFreedom has responsibility. Being free is not a warrant to degrade someones belief. A good artist has a good respect to the Deity.
ReplyDeleteShame on you!
Hayan nyo na siya... nakukuha niya na siguro yung gustong niyang mangyari .... ang "Sumikat" sa kahit anung dahilan. Kung ano man nakikita mong meaning o kgandahan ng gawa mo. sabihin mo. wag mo pagisipin and tao. di lahat ng utak katulad mo mag isip. bubu.
ReplyDeletepara sa akin ito ay salamin lamang ng isang katotohanan ng ating lipunan. malamang di nga tayo gumawa o sumangayon diablohong(short for diablo at dibuho)pero baka mas higit pa ang ating ginagawa sa araw-araw katulad ng di paggawa sa mga nararapat. sa biglang tingin masasabi ba natin na ang bayang ito ay bayan ng mga Kristiano liban sa pangalan at dami ng nagsasabi na sila ay Kristiano? marami sa atin Kristiyano sa isip at sa salita lamang, kakaunti ang sa gawa. Magisip! Magnilay! Kumilos! ako
ReplyDeleteThis is not art. This is a piece of shit. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhy not use his mother's photo or any of his relatives? Pwede naman picture ng mama nya ang lagyan nya ng titi sa noo diba? Bakit di nya ginawa? Ah alam ko na, dahil nirerespeto nya ang ina nya. At yung paniniwala ng iba hindi? He's not an artist. Mas malinis pa sa kanya yung mga naghuhukay ng basura LOL
Bakit hindi photo ng nanay nya or mga kamag-anak nya ang pinagtripan nyang baboyin? Pwede naman ganun taz tawagin nya nalang na art.
ReplyDeleteSisikat pa sya. Sasabihin ng mga tao. Wow ha ang tapang nito oh. Nanay nya binaboy!
Astig siguro tingnan kung ang portrait ng nanay nya nilagyan nya ng dildo sa noo. Diba? Pero bakit di nya pinili ang picture ng nanay nya?
Marahil dahil nirerespeto nya ang nanay nya?? Tama?? Dahil sa respeto kaya sa halip na photos ng nanay nya. Yung paniniwala ng iba ang binaboy nya. Dahil wala sya respeto sa iba. Pero sa nanay at kamag-anak nya meron. Diba tama?
Isipin nyo to.
Yang mga imahe ng diyos na yan ay parang panty lang yan ng nanay nyo.
Hindi yan diyos at hindi yan ang sinasamba ng mga katoliko, pero pangit tingnan kung pinaglalaruan mo.
Katulad ng panty ng mga nanay nyo, hindi yan ang mismong puke nya pero mababastos ang inay mo kapag nakita ka nya na inamoy amoy mo ang panty nya. Diba?
Nagets nyo ang point ko?
Yang mga imahe ng dyos, imahe lang yan, pero nirerespeto dapat yan. Bawal paglaruan. Dahil pangit tingnan kung paglaruan. Dahil sumisimbolo yan ng pananampalataya.
Katulad ng panty ng nanay nyo. Panty lang yan at hindi ang mismong puke nya. Pero nirerespeto mo. Bawal amoyin. Dahil pangit tingnan kapag inamoy amoy mo yan. Dahil sumisimbolo yan sa puke ng ina mo! Diba? Tama?
bqt qanun ? ndi nea boa alam anq qnqawa nianq pambabastos xa dyos ! qrabe cea ! ! ndi nua nea qnalanq anq dyos ! ndi ca bo nqccmba ? nananampalataya teu xa dyos ndi pra bastusin cea kundi pra mpalapit at mhalin ntin cea dhil nqsakripisyo cea stinq mqa nilalanq nea kya dpat lnq na iqalanq at mhalin ntin cea ! ndi bastusin ! !!!!
ReplyDeleteWORK OF CRAP!!! wala bang pagpapala sayo ang diyos kahit isa? Kawawang nilalang ka naman! artist ka nga ba o blangko lang talaga utak mo..
ReplyDeleteson of a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mideo Cruz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe should not do that or else god will never ever forgive him and it already happend so
ReplyDeleteWhat will he do
..dapat inisip mo muna ang effect if everna gumawa ka ng ganitong isyu!! remember, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, A RIGHT BUT A RESPONSIBILITY! maraming tao ang affected because of that trash! i agree with all the anonymous na what you did is an art!! maybe we can call it a big damn destructive trash!!
ReplyDeleteI'am still the anonymous sept. 5, 2011 8:11 pm: goog luck nalang Mr. Cruz dahil paalala ko lang sa'yo na hindi mo alam kung kailan ka parurusahan ng Diyos dahil sa kalapastnganan mo!! hindi ka dapat ituring na artist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePolytheism: medeo should have depicted different deities worshiped by filipinos according to their respective religions/beliefs. e.g vandalizing as well Buddha,Mohamed,and even Rizal because Rizal is also worshiped by some filipinos. That's polytheism.
ReplyDeleteOne can express his thoughts and emotions in arts. One can even express his criticisms against a government leadership so goes the song, "hangga't may tatsulok...etc" but there is never any mentioned of any term in the song with malicious meaning like pig or crocodile.
Polytheism of medeo is suspicious as not actually polytheism, but intended to shaken if not ruin the Catholic faith in particular and Christianity in general. There may not be wrong if the exhibit is to awaken the faithfuls on the reality of division among Christians because it is true that registered Christian denominations all over the world is already more than 20thousand, but it singled out to Catholic leadership mocking no less than the pope and the bishops.
Now, intelligent artists glorifying medeo, is it not malicious to depict a Philippine leadership when out of your anger you portray a horned crocodile with a pig tummy whose neck is chained and decorated with peso and dollar bills? Try doing that and have it exhibited at ccp, let us see if ccp would have the courage to have it displayed. Why not? Do that and assert freedom of expression!
The same question, is it not malicious to depict a vandalized Christ the King image, Christ image vandalized with ashtray-penis out of your anger against the Catholic leadership? Are the subjects (bishops, priests) of your vandalism not real persons? Sabihin nyo ngayon, walang galit si medeo no'ng ginawa nya yon some 10 years ago.Wala din namang nakarinig no'ng ilang beses vnerbalized niya galit niya sa Catholic leadership. Sabihin nyo it's a pure intellectual product, no malice whatsoever baka mailigtas nyo si medeo from the teeth of the law.
But if you along with medeo can dare portray a horned croc..(as mentioned above)have it displayed at ccp and then with all your intelligence assert"it's an art, it's an expression..freedom! saka sabihin nyo sa mga pupuna sa inyo ang bababaw nyo!Go deeper!Sige! And people will say, "di lang kayo nakagagaling, napakatatapang pa".
Siguro sabihin nyo, "ba't naman namin gagawin yon di naman ganon ang lider ng bansa" (kaya nga malicious e, dahil di nga ganon). Ano kaya kung sabihin nating, "yon sana inisip ni medeo na di ganon ang lider/mga lider ng simbahan"
'Yong mga rebultong ginamit niya eh hindi talaga si Jesus Christ 'yan. Kasi, kung iisipin mo ng maigi, walang sinuman ang nakakaalam sa tunay na itsura ng Diyos.
ReplyDeletePero I'm not saying na tama, but na point is sana man lang bago kayo magco-comment ng anu-ano eh alam niyo din 'yong bagay na ipinaglalaban niyo.
Hindi naman 'yan ang Diyos natin eh. Imbento lang din 'yan ng tao para may sambahin. Tas sabi pa sa bible na 'wag gagawa ng mga material na bagay na sasambahin maliban na lang dun sa talagang Diyos.
grabe ang ang ganda ng gawa mo !! youre one of a kind xD iba nagagawa pag kulang sa pansin ee noh ?! sabi nga pla ni satan see you
ReplyDeletesoon .!!
Artist! (Medio)Medyo Cruz lang kasi siya kaya kulang pa art nya. This person is an psychosexual problematic person who would like to express his problem with his frustration in religion.... yan ang kulo niya... His representation is poor and offensive but he does not care to what other would say cause that is his problem... baka ngayon na realized na nya....
ReplyDeleteAng million-million ka taong galit sa gawa ni medio ay para kay medio at sa mga maka-medio (ang utak at ugali)ay mali dahil makitid ang mga utak at ang bababaw. Parang sinabi ng mga taong ito na napakagagaling nila. Ngayon, kayong mga kautak at kaugali ni medio, try to stand in the middle without taking any side, pwede ba sagutin natin lahat ang mga tanong na ito?
ReplyDelete1. Bakit kaya nagagalit ang mga tao? Dahil nabastos/binastos ang dini-Diyos nila na di naman talaga Diyos para sa inyo?
2. Kung ang dini-Diyos ng mga tao ay di naman talaga Diyos, tama ba'ng bastusin nang basta na lang?
3. Kung ang puntirya ay ang mga lider nang simbahang katoliko, tama bang tirahin ng ganon na lang ka bastos?
4. Kung marami ang maling dapat i-critic sa Catholic leadership, tama bang ganon na lang ka-malisyoso ang pagkaka-critic? Alalahanin nyo di nyo rin alam kung talagang ang Catholics are into polytheism.(Batid nyo ba ang kalooban ng tao?)
5. Mali ba ang mga taong galit kay medio dahil sa tingin nila napaka-malisyoso ang exhibit na yon ni medio?
6. Marami ang nasasaktan, marami ang nagagalit, marami ang nao-offend. Ngayon, kesa sa magbatuhan nang batuhan, bakit di na lang ito ang tanong, "May batas ba na nagsasabing offensive yong ginawa ni medio"? at talaga bang ang freedom of expression ay talagang napaka-lalawak na na halos absolute na?
Bar practicing people, Christians and non-Christians alike, consider this one as one among the many best bar tests (so simple as it may)
sa lahat ng comments sa taas nito. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOUR GOD? Why do you worship images? it states in the bible that “You shall not make for yourself a graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow down to them or serve them" (Ex. 20:4–5) God forbade worshiping of statues, images and the like. san kayo? sagot putangina niyo!
ReplyDeletemideo cruz is so to much bullshit or in short onggawa
ReplyDeletesana nga pamilya na lang or kamag anak nya na lng pinag tripan nya at nilagay nya sa ccp
ReplyDeleteItSS JUST AN ART work.... a master piece..\\r\\ndefine art... it is creating something new.... ryt.... wala kasi sa art yan.... nasa nag iisip at nag iinterpret lng yan..... sabi nga wala namn talagang masama nasa nagiisip lang yan.....
ReplyDeletetama, arts yon e. nong ginawa ni medio yon e wala siya ni ano mang ibang motive maliban sa arts. kaya walang malisya sa isip ni medio dahil wala siyang galit o bitterness against doon sa tao o mga taong pinuntirya niya sa installation niyang yon. wala siyang bitterness sa church , catholic church in paticular at lalong wala siyang ano mang bitterness against the leadership. ni minsan hindi na-mention ni medio sa mga kaibigan niya ang galit niya sa catholic leadership (in their doctrines, teachings, etc). kaya ang milyon-milyong tao lang yata ang naglagay ng malisya sa gawa niya. arts lang talaga yon, a product of medio's brilliance in arts. product purely of intellect.
ReplyDeletewalang galit, walang malisya sa puso't-isip ni medio nong ginawa niya yon, arts lang talaga yon. (alam ko ba? wala lang, sarc.. lang)
matapang cya pero wag naman niang gamitan sa male na paraan walang kwentang art work to!!>.<
ReplyDeleteyeah go ahead rant all you want. the artist is getting the exact F****N reaction that he wants to get.ESPECIALLY ung mga HOLIER-THAN-THOU na kala mo eh apektado tlga.
ReplyDeletealam nyu mali ung ginawa nya wii ..
ReplyDeletekasi binababoy nya ang dyos :(
comment lng heheh .. peace ^^v
Relativism is a real threat to faith and morals specifically in view of absolute truth. Kaya ang tama sa yo maaring di tama sa kanya. Tama ni medio, maaring di tama sa iba o sa karamihan. Maari ding ang tama ni medio ay tama din sa iba o iilan. (Pero ang Tama sa Bohol e kapamilya sa octopus yan na masarap na masarap sa lutong inadobo).Sa tama na nga lang tayo
ReplyDeletemay malaki talagang meaning behind MC's works. ang purpose talaga nito ay ang magreact ang mga tao, magalit, mainis, tanggapin. Maaring hindi nga siya nagpakita ng pagrespeto sa ibang relihiyon pero yun ang kung yung kailangan para bukasan ang isipan ang mga tao lalo na ang mga KATOLIKO kung ano ba talaga ang tunay na nangyayari sa likod ng simbahan at ang mga taong bumubuo dito. alam natin na sa modernong mundong ito, unti unti ng nababawasan ang mga TUNAY NA KRISTYANO. sige magalit kayo! tama yun! kasi sa nakikita ko ang gusto talaga ni Mideo magalit ang mga tao sa kabulukan ng simbahan.
ReplyDeleteitapon yan at sunugin o kaya baguhin. PAGBABAGO lang naman ang kailangan.
Kabulastugan! Hindi na kayo nadadala? In 2000 years of Christianity's existence, there already were about 30,000 Christian denominations/sects all claiming to be the true church built by Jesus Christ thru Peter? Medyo must be next to the Lutheran movement's church's reformation! Ano yan? Ano naman kaya ang tawag natin dyan, Iglisia ni Medyo, (medyo bastos!medyo bulastog! medyo atheist! medyo anti-Christ?)Sabagay, marami-rami din naman kayong maka-medyo ang isip, puso at diwa, so you must be his automatic followers)
ReplyDeleteSinabing na'ng sa tama (maliliit na octopus yon na ang tawag ay tama or tamala) na nga lang tayo na masarap sa lutong inadobo
what? medyo a Luther in the 21st century? polytheism? polytheismohin nyo ka-ugok ninyo! the work is obviously deliberately done to demean Christians esp. the Catholic leadership. It's more of a propaganda intended to destroy the Catholic church? It's faithfuls are deceived "kuno" a show of self-righteousness who by his obsession to be an agent of change/reform portray the many evil "kuno" of the Christians esp the Catholic. That Catholic faithfuls are deceived "kuno" by the church's indoctrination.
ReplyDeleteWithin the 2,000 years of Christianity's existence, about 30,000 denominations/sects were sprouting like wild mushrooms all claiming to be the true church founded by Jesus Christ, even into endless word war-fighting each other.
Tsk,tsk. no! he must not be Luther in any way for Luther despite his bitterness over the church's leadership never was into defiling any of the church's leaders during his time. masyado na po yatang demonic si medyo para maging Luther sa makabagong panahon.
O kayong mga maka-medyo na akala mo kung sinong mga highly intelligent artists kung makabanat sa mga galit kay medyo, di kaya mga self-righteous din kayo tulad ni medyo? tulad ko? (pareho lang pala tayo)
sige na nga, like na nga lang tayo ni medyo at tayo na sa medyo reform movement baka nga later magtatayo ito ng kanyang eglesia. bagay din e dahil full of righteousness ito, see? with his arts brilliance he was able to portray that works requiring transcendental minds to appreciate and understand the message. masyadong malalim.
at di yon kabulastugan!lalong di yon pambabastos, pangil ng sining yon e, panggising ika nga etc. at etc. at etc. pa
Freedom of expression may not be absolute but so is your right to your religion. Is there even a right to not be offended? Considering that the Philippines is a democratic nation, people should be free to say what they want to say. That, in fact, is the very characteristic of a democracy. Even if the nation is predominantly catholic, it's not totally catholic. There are other sectors in society who're not Catholic. Any religion should not be the identity of this country. Even if freedom of expression is upheld, it will not result to anarchy if people understand that respect to each others beliefs and identities should exist. :)
ReplyDeleteIs that an art!!!!????????????
ReplyDeleteuna palang la na saysay mga art ni MIDEO CRUZ
agree ako sa mga unang nag comment
Ang tunay na art pleasing sa mga mata ng tao hindi yung ganyan una pa lang masakit nasa mata
tama rin yung MIDEO CRUZ BASTOS & CCP TANGA
mga wala ba silang mata para i pasok yung art na yan sa ccp alam naman nilang mag kakaissue disin sana di na nila ipi-nasok ang mga art ni MIDEO CRUZ
para sken !!!
ReplyDeleteang art n mideo ay isang maling gawain sa mata ng panginoon para lang maakit ang mga tao o sumikat sya sa buong mundo, pwede nya nman itong gawin sa maayos n praan. huwag nya lang bastusin ang imahi ng panginoon !
Kuha ka ng cardboard pagdikit-dikitan mo ng pictures ng tatay at nanay mo na nakahubad,lagyan mo ng konting palamuti sa pamamagitan ng pagdidikit-dikit mo ng mga sex toys,condoms, sabitan mo ng crucifix at kung anu-ano pa, art ang tawag 'don tapos lagay mo sa CCP. Paano kung di ka artist? Pwede mo ba ilagay yon sa CCP? Oo nga ano?Baka di pwede. A, basta art yon!Pero sino'ng magkaka-interes don? Siyempre pag artist ka (lalo pa't disperado ka na para sumikat), di talaga yon ang ipo-portray mo. Siguro kung ang ginawa ni medyo e abstract paintings na kung tititigan mo ng maigi ay maaaninag mo ang mukha ng nagsusumamong kalikasan, nagsusumamong mga fetus na nilaglag mula sa sinapupunan, atbp baka walang pumansin maliban na lang sa mga artists talaga lalo na yong mga abstract talaga ang forte. Baka makaka-appreciate din ang mga inclined to arts. Yong ginawa ni medyo e sure emotion-triggering talaga (don't mind intellect dahil di ka talaga maapektuhan pag intellect gagamitin mo lalo na kung intellectually pobre ka naman masyado)
ReplyDeleteE kung ginawa ni medyo yon sa Islam, e kaloko nya lang dahil in the first place religious images in Islam is prohibited.
Marunong din kaya si medyo gumuhit ng ganong abstract? Si medyo pa!
Dyo, lusotan mo ngipin ng batas dahil yong ginawa mo dyo! artdyo!
ang art ay ang pagpapahayag ng isang katutuhanan na hindi marahas. he's work ay punong-puno ng karahasan sa lipunang ating ginagalawan....panahon na siguro para to stop for a while at para sa pagninilay, hwag nating isara ang pinto sa ating isipan at damdamin para sa pagbabago...bakit hirap tayong tanggapin na ang kinagisnang relihiyon sa umpisa pa lamang ay mali na...baguhin natin ang ibang aspeto nito...
ReplyDeleteChristianity is religion. It is obviously called Christianity as it was founded by Jesus Christ-the figure adored and revered by Christians (at least the true ones because there are also who are making religion a business). So to say, there is only one Christian religion i.e Christianity. You said it's good to reflect and make our hearts and minds open for reformation/change and accept that the religion we used to lived is at the very start wrong. But which do you think among the about 30,000 christian denominations is right? There already was a time when Martin Luther bitterly criticizing the Catholic Church in the 14th-15th century and was even presenting a 7-point must reformation of the church. When Luther was right, then the church he founded must the correct one! The original Ana Baptist movement in the early 14th century, a few years of Luther, assuming that was also correct, then the Baptist and the Lutheran churches must be correct? But why christian religions (assuming that like me you also consider these as religions)sprouted and may still be sprouting like wild mushrooms?Have you reflected on this? There are even religions who are in word war airing their wars even in radio and television! What do you mean "our religion" that is already wrong at the very start, Christian religion? or Catholic religion? If Christian religion is wrong, then Jewish and Islam and other world's major religions must be correct? Assuming that what you referred to is The Catholic religion, then again which do you think among about 30,000 is correct? Baptist church? Lutheran church? Take note, Luther never made any act defiling the Catholic leadership during his time. Sad to say it's the later ones (religions in the nineteenth century that I described sprouted like wild mushrooms) are the religions where we can find individuals who bitterly are criticizing the church even to the extent of demeaning and even defiling the leadership.
ReplyDeleteMay the thoughts above becomes worth reflecting.
IMO, si mideo cruz ay isang napaka tapang na pilipino, isa siya sa mga pumansin ng "elepante" sa kuwarto. i'm an atheist pero ang ginawa ni mideo cruz ay di ko alam kung ikatutuwa ko ba or ika iinis ko, well let me explain, first of ikatutuwa: nabanggit ko na kanina na isa siya sa pumansin ng "elepante" sa kuwarto. oo wow! napaka lakas ng loob niya saludo ako sa kanya wala akong masabi dun. and ika lulungkot ko: alam natin lahat na hindi pa mulat ang mata ng mga pilipino about sa atheism or free thinking masyadong agresibo ang salubong na ginwa ni mideo cruz sa pilipinas, oo gusto niya ng exposure pero hindi ito para sa pang sarili niya, kundi para ito sa mga nakaka kita ng gawa niya. eto lang masasabi ko at matatanong ko "ano ng nangyari kay mideo cruz ngayon? natamaan ba siya ng kidlat? nilamon na ba siya ng lupa? kinuha na ba siya ng mga demonyo at pinapahirapan ngayon habang ng ta-type ako?" isipin niyong mabuti, hindi tayo pinag bawalang mag isip at gamitin ang ating mga utak para sa katotohanan. atheist ako pero di ako pabor sa kanyang ginawa, pero darating din ang araw na magiging malaya din tayo sa gapos ng "makapangyarihang nilalang" blasphemy to diba? then, i challenge you "god" to smite me ^_^ mamulat tayo sa katotohanan, wag umasa sa isang libro na walang sapat na ebidensiya para ipa-ikot natin ang ating buhay para sa mga papel na isinulat lamang ng isang tao. MABUHAY TAYO at mag tiwala sa ating sarili hindi sa "kanya"
ReplyDeletethe more you think there's no God, the greater the proof of God's existence the fact that he exist in your mind. You need not think of God if He's not in your mind. Anyway,for us who believes in God had nothing to lose, we just do not know for those who do not
ReplyDeletemedyo and those who are pro-medyo better sing, "The great pretender".. Pretend to be "mulat". when wow! for more a thousand years, with thousand of great men who passed away trying to answer similar if not same question, "why does man trying to do good?", a pretender sprout amplifying his righteousness and bitterly criticizing others. Can the righteousness of this medyo ano comparable to the righteousness of Confucius?Or he's just another psycho-emotionally disturbed/problematic person expressing his frustration in the world thru his vandals prejudicial-minded artists called arts?
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christian ako,,, nagalang ako,,, may takot ako... pero magaling... para sakin,,, bagay lang yan,,, istatwa lang yan,,, yun ba ang mga sinasamba natin... hindi naman eh... gawa lang yan ng tao na hindi dahil gusto nagpapansin or nasisiraan or hindi naniniwala... i dont know kung ano yung dahilan,,, but,,, for me,,, this is only art... art works,,, hindi naman sinasamba dapat and art works or kung ano mang estatwa... dahil iyun ay gawa lang ng ordinaryong tao at hindi ang ating panginoo...
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ReplyDeletehaha..ang bababaw nyo..kung sa imahe lang nasusukat ang relihyon nyo,wala kayong karapatang manghusga at magsabi ng salitang blasphemy o kalapastangan sa simbahan.did you see the whole exhibit?it wasn't supposed to be looked at part by part.it was to be taken as a whole.none of the more educated countries judged his work the way most closed-minded folk Catholics--not Roman--did..the whole thing was supposed to show what he sees is the more prevalent religion in the country: vices. sex, or lust, rather, and adultery. idolatry (see the images of Mickey Mouse and Britney Spears). and not to mention, illiteracy. I'm sure a lot of you will be reacting to this post on the farthest end of the negative spectrum. most of the religious and hypocrite populace will. so many of us come to church on Sundays and go to the horse race afterwards. or the cock derby. or the malls. and so many haven't even read the bible. I've only read most of the Book of Genesis and finished the book of Revelation and i'm not hiding that fact. to say whether it was art or not isn't the issue. fact is, this part of the exhibit just struck a nerve on this very sick country and its people just don't know how to react to it in an adult manner. have you read the Noli and El Fili? Those're where Rizal has written his views on the Filipino people's concept of religion: shallow. wake up people.
ReplyDeleteMideo's exhibit is an art. First, art in general has no rule or standard because if it has, then art cannot express itself. Art is an expression of one's self whether other people like it or not. Apparently interpretation to art is relative, it is the subjectivism of the person that jusges whether it is pleasing to his/her eyes or not. However, we cannot deny that this is an art form.
ReplyDeleteI think mideo didnt stepped any people, because basically it was exhibited in the cultural center of the philippines that is an art institution. I mean, he did not do it inside the church religous places.