Elisabeth Ohlsen. / Credit: E. OhlsonWashington D.C., May 4, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).An art exhibit at the European Union s Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, has prompted criticism from conservative politicians in Italy for its display of a blasphemous depiction of Jesus Christ and the apostles.The artwork, a series of photographs by lesbian Swedish photographer Elisabeth Ohlson, includes one of a man who is meant to represent Christ wearing a white robe and a halo made out of stars above his head. The man is surrounded by seven men who are wearing leather-based fetish clothing associated with BDSM fetishism.Ohlson said the photographs are meant to depict Christ supporting homosexual rights. "There [are] a lot of pictures of Jesus with heterosexual [people]," Ohlson said on Twitter. "Millions, billions of paintings, famous artists. But this is just 12 pictures of Jesus loving the LGBT rights, so 12 pictures should not be so scary for them."
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