Bad Art in Cathedrals

Dr. James Cameron has posted a fun yet appalling post on bad art in English cathedrals.  (The art appalls, not Dr. Cameron’s missive.)

Having visited Ely’s Lady Chapel at least twice, I agree that the shrieking Mary statue there is a bad joke.  But I disagree that it is the worst piece of cathedral art in England.

I have not visited Liverpool Cathedral, but the statue supposedly of the Risen Christ on the west front exceeds even Shrieking Mary in modern absurdity.  The thing reminds me much more of the big bad alien in Prometheus than of the risen Christ.

But see for yourself . . . if you dare.