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Cosimo Cavallaro has created an anatomically correct crucified Jesus, made entirely out of chocolate.

Man cannot live on bread alone, but if he were to consume Cosimo Cavallaro's newest creation he could live off of Jesus -- for approximately eight months. An oddball artist known for his "eclectic" forms of expression, Cavallaro's latest contribution to culture is a six-foot tall, anatomically-correct milk-chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ. His confectionary Christ is made with more than 200 pounds of chocolate, containing approximately 480,000 calories. (The artistic endeavor titled, "My Sweet Lord," can also give you 3,240 percent of the Vitamin A you need each day.)

Cavallaro is an artist fond of working with food; his most infamous installation up until now was his exhibition in 1999, which involved covering Room 114 of New York City's Washington Jefferson Hotel in melted mozzarella cheese. If consumed, the junk food Jesus would fill you with 32,000 grams of fat, which is enough to insulate you for well over a year. This Jesus is sure to pack on the pounds, but is this art really food for thought...or just a publicity stunt passing as art?

Just in time for Easter, the high-calorie Heavenly Father will exhibit on April 1st at The Lab gallery at the Roger Smith Hotel in New York. Creative Director Matt Semler says, ''The sign of any great artist is how their work affects the observer." Looking at the Lord, viewers may be moved to muse about their own mortality: Death by chocolate? Hypertension? Or atherosclerosis? Perhaps Cavallaro's intention is to warn the overzealous that when it comes to faith or food -- be it Christ or Cadbury -- indulgence should be avoided at all costs. Or maybe it's simply for shock value -- he wants us to stand there and salivate while suppressing the temptation to nibble on Christ's toes.
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/chocolatejesus032807

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/chocolate-jesus-lg.jpg

Chocolate Jesus - now there's a deity I could worship.

A billion people face food insecurity every day and this guy makes a giant chocolate Jesus..

Maybe that's part of the message, though.

A billion people face food insecurity every day and this guy makes a giant chocolate Jesus..

Maybe that's part of the message, though.
That and maybe a not-so-subtle dig at the fact Easter has become just an excuse to gorge ourselves on chocolate and nothing else.

sure, its bad to waste food, but its not jesus' fault that guy made a sculpture of him. anyway, there really isnt a food shortage in the world, just a problem with distribution. and what is jesus gonna do about that? his only manifest form aside from the eucharist is a big hunk of chocolate. come on, you people.

A billion people face food insecurity every day and this guy makes a giant chocolate Jesus..

Maybe that's part of the message, though.

Is chocolate the kind of food you'd want sent to starving people anyway? It's barely food. Not that starvin' Marvin would turn it away, I'm sure, but I doubt the artist has many pangs of conscience over his "waste" of chocolate.

Besides, even now paper is a relative scarcity in the middle east, and yet we wipe our asses with it, crumple our screwed up notes and throw them into the trash, and so forth. Scarcity in another part of the world doesn't mean we shouldn't use what we have. Not an arist's fault that some world governments don't give half a shit about their people.

But yeah, maybe that was his point. Who knows. Art just wouldn't be art if the artist bothered to explain it, I guess.

I wonder how much significance to assign the date the display is set to begin . . .

A billion people face food insecurity every day and this guy makes a giant chocolate Jesus..



So, now that world hunger is slowly being resolved, we replace it with 'food insecurity' as the scarecrow?

I wonder how much significance to assign the date the display is set to begin . . .
I wondered the same thing when I read it on BBC news. That's why I searched online for further verification, and Esquire actually had a photo of the sculpture.
This artist is reknown for using food in his work so I figure the story's real.

Which bit would you want to eat of the Chocolate Jesus if you could?
I'd like to nibble on his stigmata wounds or maybe lick his face clean off.

I can only imagine which bit Fass would want to get his hands (and mouth) on...

Why does Chocolate Jesus have a penis?

Why does Chocolate Jesus have a penis?

Why not? The real Jesus had one.

Why does Chocolate Jesus have a penis?


The real question is why does Chocolate Jesus have a small penis.

Why does Chocolate Jesus have a penis?

Are you an idiot?

Why not? The real Jesus had one.

Yeah, but he had the decency to cover it up.

Yeah, but he had the decency to cover it up.

I thought people were cruficified while naked.

Yeah, but he had the decency to cover it up.


If he covered it up we couldn't lick it.:D

If he covered it up we couldn't lick it.:D

Why would you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?

(that has to be the strangest thing that anyone has ever said...)

Why would you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?



The power of Christ compels you.

Why would you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?

(that has to be the strangest thing that anyone has ever said...)


I like tangy tart chocolate. :rolleyes:

I don't care if it rains or freezes, as long as I got my chocolate Jesus. :)

Is chocolate the kind of food you'd want sent to starving people anyway? It's barely food. Not that starvin' Marvin would turn it away, I'm sure, but I doubt the artist has many pangs of conscience over his "waste" of chocolate.

Besides, even now paper is a relative scarcity in the middle east, and yet we wipe our asses with it, crumple our screwed up notes and throw them into the trash, and so forth. Scarcity in another part of the world doesn't mean we shouldn't use what we have. Not an arist's fault that some world governments don't give half a shit about their people.

But yeah, maybe that was his point. Who knows. Art just wouldn't be art if the artist bothered to explain it, I guess.

Timmeh? Timmeh Timmeh Timmeh.

Maybe for "Sweet Jesus" 2 he'll make him filled with caramel, or a giant liquer, that way when he puts on the crown of thorns & gets pierced in the side its caramel/drinks all round....

Maybe for "Sweet Jesus" 2 he'll make him filled with caramel, or a giant liquer, that way when he puts on the crown of thorns & gets pierced in the side its caramel/drinks all round....
That gives me an idea - why can't you buy caramel-filled chocolate Jesus's over the Easter break?
Cadbury Creme Jesus!
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6559/cremeeggqk9.th.gif (http://img490.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cremeeggqk9.gif)


I can't believe how long I took making that

I thought people were cruficified while naked.

They were. It's only Christians who decide to depict their "messiah" incorrectly.

The artist should've used Creme Eggs for the testicles.

ye chocolaty gods

When I saw the thread title, I was hoping it'd be a marshmallow Jesus. Chocolate's fine, but, y'know, a little unimaginative. Marshmallow would be way better. Or cake mix. Or cheese...

Well, I suppose he did command us to eat of his body..
Yum Chocolate..

That gives me an idea - why can't you buy caramel-filled chocolate Jesus's over the Easter break?
Cadbury Creme Jesus!
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6559/cremeeggqk9.th.gif (http://img490.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cremeeggqk9.gif)


I can't believe how long I took making that

Hmmmm, sticky. This would explain the Turin Shroud though.....(nice job on the pic btw).

Why would you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?

(that has to be the strangest thing that anyone has ever said...)

For some reason, when I saw it, I thought, 'If I was eating that, I would have to start at the penis' :eek:

But, it may have some advantages, now you can literally suck up to God :p

http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/shocked016.gif


:eek: Sweet holy mother of... http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/shocked030.gif


http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/ad/insomnia.gifCHOCOLATE!!!


Mmmm... Chocolate :fluffle:

*Worships*

*Humps*

If I were feeling uniquely subtle, I'd say that this piece of art does say several things, which the artist may not have intended for it to say.

First: Perhaps making Jesus out of chocolate can go a long way to saying something about the commercialization of religion, and of the holidays in particular. How we focus so much more on the delicious stuff in tin wrappers than we do on why exactly this holiday is being celebrated. We've replaced a fundamental part of our belief structure with foodstuffs.

Secondly: His nudity can be symbolic of something similar. We've covered the message up in our own pretenses, and when we're exposed to our duplicity, we're shocked and appalled at those who show us for what we are.

Sweeeett!!

Are people honestly shocked and/or offended by the nudity? Seriously? :confused:

The real topic should be "Who wants the Lord's wang?"

Are people honestly shocked and/or offended by the nudity? Seriously?
In America? Yes, nudity is more offensive than a crucified chocolate Messiah.

Are people honestly shocked and/or offended by the nudity? Seriously? :confused:

I'm offended that he's made of dark chocolate. Everyone knows that Jesus had blonde hair, blue eyes, and white skin.

This happens every once in a while...

Remember "Piss-Christ"?
http://www.cofc.edu/hettinger/images/Serrano_Piss_Christ.jpeg

Or "The Holy Virgin Mary" ?
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/gallery/2003/04/03/Ofili_2.jpg

Or "Ecce Homo" ?
http://www.forteprenestino.net/iniziative/olson/ultima_cena.jpg

Or "The last supper" ?
http://extremecatholic.blogspot.com/images/girbaud-last-supper.jpg

I'm offended that he's made of dark chocolate. Everyone knows that Jesus had blonde hair, blue eyes, and white skin.Albino? :eek: Poor genetics?

Or "Ecce Homo" ?
http://www.forteprenestino.net/iniziative/olson/ultima_cena.jpg

I loved that exhibition. The Pietà with Jesus dying of AIDS is sublime:

http://www.chaplin.ee/eesti/images/ECCE.HOMO.10.jpg

Why would you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?

(that has to be the strangest thing that anyone has ever said...)

I think the real question is: why wouldn't you want to lick a chocolate Jesus penis?

In any case, I'm expecting a whole line of gigantic chocolate religious symbols now. Next we'll see a chocolate Star of David...maybe a chocolate crescent moon for Islam since we might not want to make a chocolate Muhammed...

That gives me an idea - why can't you buy caramel-filled chocolate Jesus's over the Easter break?
Cadbury Creme Jesus!
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6559/cremeeggqk9.th.gif (http://img490.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cremeeggqk9.gif)


I can't believe how long I took making that

I would sell my soul for a creme jesus. There's something wonderfully heretical about eating the white stuff from Jesus' knob.


Something just occurred to me: How long till someone complains that Jesus wasn't recreated in white chocolate?

I'm offended that he's made of dark chocolate. Everyone knows that Jesus had blonde hair, blue eyes, and white skin.

White chocolate tastes better than dark chocolate anyway.

A billion people face food insecurity every day and this guy makes a giant chocolate Jesus..

As an artist, there is always this moral dilemma when I am tempted to use food as a material. I have never actually done so (except that time I creamed a banana for it).

I hope he at least used fairtrade chocolate, but he probably didn't.

White chocolate tastes better than dark chocolate anyway.
White chocolate isn't really chocolate, cos it has no cocao solids.

Wonder how long it'll be on display before someone fellates him into Chocolate Ms. Jesus.

White chocolate isn't really chocolate, cos it has no cocao solids.

:eek:
This post has rocked my world.

Wonder how long it'll be on display before someone fellates him into Chocolate Ms. Jesus.

I'm up for it.

Ifreann: But that's common knowledge...or I'd hope it would be common knowledge, at least.

Dark chocolate tastes better than milk chocolate or white chocolate anyway.

You know, I never would have imagined I'd be daydreaming about gnawing Jesus's feet off, but that is exactly what I'm doing.

Mmm...Jesus feet...

Ifreann: But that's common knowledge...or I'd hope it would be common knowledge, at least.

I never knew it. I figured with a name like white chocolate that it would contain chocolate.......

The real question is why does Chocolate Jesus have a small penis.

It's important to note that he seems to have a fairly average penis, now it's not erect so there's no reliable way of telling how large it would be. Some grow quite impressively (going 3-4x in length), some hardly change at all.

I never knew it. I figured with a name like white chocolate that it would contain chocolate.......

Nope. It does contain coco butter though. Bless St. Alton Patron Saint of food based knowledge.

Why does Chocolate Jesus have a penis?

Well I believe that Jesus was male. Did you expect a vagina?

In any case... doesn't it look delicious?

Well I believe that Jesus was male. Did you expect a vagina?

In any case... doesn't it look delicious?

You know this discussion reminds me of a Ron White bit where he's talking about a bachelorette party at one of his shows, the ladies were passing around an 8 inch chocolate penis trying to see how much they could take in their mouths.

Well I believe that Jesus was male. Did you expect a vagina?

In any case... doesn't it look delicious?

I kinda wondered who would volunteer to help eat that. :p

food insecurity

:rolleyes:

I kinda wondered who would volunteer to help eat that. :p

Who wouldn't? Next time someone asks if you know Jesus' love, you can say "Yes, it tasted like chocolate.".

now if only the penis was filled with Cadbury creme...

now if only the penis was filled with Cadbury creme...

OMFG!!! :D

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m209/gswelcome/roflcopter.gif

now if only the penis was filled with Cadbury creme...

Hey, my joke, hands off!

Hey, my joke, hands off!

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread...

Everybody, attention, Jesus' Cadbury Creme Penis belongs to Ifreann.

Hey, my joke, hands off!

It's not the hands you should worry about... :eek:

now if only the penis was filled with Cadbury creme...

Maybe we can rig a device that shoots Cadbury Creme at you from the chocolate penis after you lick long enough...

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread...

Everybody, attention, Jesus' Cadbury Creme Penis belongs to Ifreann.

Damn right.

Maybe we can rig a device that shoots Cadbury Creme at you from the chocolate penis after you lick long enough...

That's hilarious, perverted, and no doubt someone will complain about it to the mods.

Maybe we can rig a device that shoots Cadbury Creme at you from the chocolate penis after you lick long enough...

For realism, perhaps we should see what it looks like when a real chocolate penis shoots creme out like when licked *dips*

now if only the penis was filled with Cadbury creme...
And the chocolate scrotum.

Damn right.

looking back thru the thread, isnt that a demented hamsters joke? image and all!

looking back thru the thread, isnt that a demented hamsters joke? image and all!

>.>
<.<
*flees*

And the chocolate scrotum.


now theres one delicious brown eye

I'd like to give that chocolate Jesus a beso negro (black kiss)

>.>
<.<
*flees*

AHA!

Gaurds, after that man!

I loved that exhibition. The Pietà with Jesus dying of AIDS is sublime:

http://www.chaplin.ee/eesti/images/ECCE.HOMO.10.jpg

I wonder if a bishop had come to the defence of that exhibition in any other country but sweden. I love the Swedish! (except their snusing, alcohol monopoly and smoking ban)

Maybe we can rig a device that shoots Cadbury Creme at you from the chocolate penis after you lick long enough...
You could rig it up so it shoots Hershey's hot fudge sauce from the butt.

looking back thru the thread, isnt that a demented hamsters joke? image and all!
to be fair to Ifr, I was going after the whole Creme Jesus, he wanted a Cadbury Creme Jesus Knobend.

update:
Sadly the puritans have won:
Chocolate Jesus exhibit cancelled

The sculpture was to have been exhibited over Easter
A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6513155.stm

So no-one will get the chance to taste Jesus' sweet chocolatety wang.

NO CHOCLATE SAVIOURS FOR YOU!!!! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6513155.stm)

Ah, those darn intolerant muslims can't take a joke!

...

Wait, scratch that.

*Flees*

update:
Sadly the puritans have won:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6513155.stm

So no-one will get the chance to taste Jesus' sweet chocolatety wang.

Wow...I didn't expect that, usually they just let them picket and argue while the show goes on. :(

Ah, those darn intolerant muslims can't take a joke!

...

Wait, scratch that.

*Flees*
lol.

Cosimo Cavallaro has created an anatomically correct crucified Jesus, made entirely out of chocolate.

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/chocolatejesus032807

Chocolate Jesus - now there's a deity I could worship.

Talk about a waste of good chocolate.

update:
Sadly the puritans have won:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6513155.stm

So no-one will get the chance to taste Jesus' sweet chocolatety wang.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/30/chocolate.jesus.ap/index.html

I was just about to post a similar story.

What a crock! :rolleyes:

Just for fun, I did some googling;

Here's a chocolate Jesus:
http://homepage.mac.com/jon_n_kay/blog/chocolate-jesus.jpg

Here's another from an art exhibit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/images/2006/04/08/ale_porter_chocolate_2_350x470.jpg

Here's a naked Jesus by Michelangelo((in deference to the devs, I'm only providing the link. I'll even remove that if necessary. It's Michelangelo Art! :p ))
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Michelangelo_Crucifix.jpg/300px-Michelangelo_Crucifix.jpg

So there seems to be no problem with chocolate Jesuses, or naked Jesuses. But put them together and some sensitive catholic head explode. :p

But.....but......now what am I going to do with this chocolate crucifix and these chocolate nails?

So there seems to be no problem with chocolate Jesuses, or naked Jesuses. But put them together and some sensitive catholic head explode. :p

A lot of the objection comes from the fact that the exhibit starts around Easter time, makes it seem like the artists is poking Christians. I can understand why they'd be pissed, but I think they're misunderstanding the artist's point.

But.....but......now what am I going to do with this chocolate crucifix and these chocolate nails?

Eat them?

"but children could see his... thing" as some woman complained on TV just now :rolleyes:

"Why must they persecute us Christians during our holiest days?"

Eat them?

Oh yeah.




*eats*

A lot of the objection comes from the fact that the exhibit starts around Easter time, makes it seem like the artists is poking Christians. I can understand why they'd be pissed, but I think they're misunderstanding the artist's point.

You're right. This would be better suited for around Christmas time. :)