Jesus Loves
Artist: Rosa von Praunheim
Year: 2023
Date of Action: July 2023
Region: Europe
Location: Hanover, Germany
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Religion, Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Painting, Public Art
Confronting Bodies: Eigidienkirche (Aegidien Church)
Description of Artwork: Gay artist Rosa von Praunheim exhibited images in a Nuremberg church which showed men in various degrees of undress, some in embrace or sexually suggestive poses.
The Incident: Following public criticism over the exhibit's explicit scenes of gay sex, housed inside a church,
Results of Incident: Not provided yet.
Source:
• https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/germany-closed-an-exhibition-of-paintings-featuring-homosexual-sex-staged-in-the-church/,
• https://ground.news/article/queer-exhibition-on-love-and-sex-in-church-remains-closed,
• https://cne.news/article/3430-controversial-exposition-moves-from-nuremberg-church-to-art-gallery,
• https://newsrnd.com/news/2023-07-31-after-fierce-criticism--%22jesus-loves%22-exhibition-in-nuremberg-continues-%E2%80%93-but-no-longer-in-church.SyfFJIGrsn.html,
• https://kurier.at/kultur/kirche-liess-queere-praunheim-ausstellung-zu-liebe-und-sex-zusperren/402536242?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral,
• https://www.diepresse.com/13451272/queere-ausstellung-zu-liebe-und-sex-in-der-kirche-bleibt-geschlossen?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral