WETSTERN GOD

The always controversial work of Lachapelle now focuses in a modern approach of religiosity. Taking an icon like MJ who dared to sacrifice his own color skin to send a certain message to the world. Maybe crazy, mayby eccentric, but certainly BIG and timeless as a message.





But this isn't the first time we see this approach on religiosity. Vanessa Becroft shows a less naive and more ironic approach to it. A virgin is feeding to black babies reflecting the
paternalism of the western culture over the african people. Again the combination of black and white skin color throws out the message that beyond skin colors there's God.

In a way MJ had also the idea of sending a bigger than life message when he changed his color skin too.