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Date: 2011
Region: Asia
Subject: Religion
Medium: Collage
Artist: Mideo Cruz
Confronting Bodies: Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, religious organizations and individuals
Dates of Action: 2011
Location: Philippines
Description of Artwork: Cruz's installation 'Poleteismo' consists of a massive collage of paper cut-outs and three-dimensional objects such as a wooden penis (which protrudes from a portrait of Jesus Christ) and bottles of expensive liquor, representative of the corruption of the Filipino government. Included in the collage are depictions of religious figures, images of prominent politician Imelda Marcos, and Catholic deities "defaced" by cartoon embellishments. Cruz believes that this haphazard confluence of seemingly disparate material speaks to the true nature of the "Filipino condition."
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Source: Bulatlat article
