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Is Mideo Cruz’s Poleteismo exhibit art? Thoughts on polytheism, iconography, and Lord of the Rings by Monk's Hobbit on Aug 18, 2011Here is a description of the Poleteismo exhibit: When they find it in one of the alcoves of the Main Gallery, they will see multicolored plastic piggy banks stuffed inside a case usually reserved for religious statues; and Christ the King with a brig...

Jan Leeroy New wins in Ateneo Art Awards 2009: mockery of Catholic iconography as modern art by Monk's Hobbit on Nov 9, 2009Outside the Ateneo Art Gallery, perched on the second floor is a statue of an alien: a nude female Gollum with bald head, large eyes, and four breasts.  It is colored gray but the paint drips to the white rock where it stands–if rock it was...