The face of the Mona Lisa, framed against a dank dark red halo. Or is this just the state of art when it is by Mideo Cruz? “Postmodern Pleasure and Other Parodies of Contemporary Décor” is a set of ...

The Philippines has been buzzing in recent weeks over Filipino artist Mideo Cruz, after his provocative ... with pop culture and phallic objects. One piece features a crucifix decorated with ...

If Mideo Cruz intended to make better Catholics of ... artist to achieve whatever it is she or he wants to achieve. No art piece can be conceived simply on the spur of the moment.

Soon after rousing most everyone with his "LordDigs" print, artist Mideo Cruz is at it again ... This is just one of several Marcos-inspired art. When the late strongman was buried in the Libingan ng ...

Mideo Cruz, in defending his exhibit “Poleteismo,” explains that “most of the outcry has been about the phallic object placed on the works. Phalluses have been objects of devotion in many cultures; ...

Priests and national artists were apparently unconvinced by attempts to invoke freedom of expression to defend artist Mideo Cruz’s “shock art” that caused the sudden closure of an exhibit at ...

Mideo Cruz’s work “Poleteismo,” which was exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, has polarized public opinion so sharply that any commentary, if it is to have any value, is expected to ...

The Ombudsman dismisses criminal complaints against artist Mideo Cruz and CCP officials for the controversial 2011 art exhibit 'Kulo' MANILA, Philippines – Saying it was never an “obscene ...

Mideo Cruz, 37, who styles himself as a ... However, even if we assume that Cruz’s presentation is art in eyes of some and not the garbage that many say it is—the fact is that the patently ...

MANILA, Philippines—National Artist for Literature Francisco Sionil Jose lambasted on Tuesday the controversial artwork of Mideo Cruz ... saying it was not an art but an illustration that ...

Yes, as some critics pointed out, whether Mideo Cruz created art or trash is something for the academicians, literati and art scholars to discuss. Yes, as more critics voiced out, this was mounted by ...