Terror

So I had kind of a terrifying realization earlier today. I'm sure that most of you by now have heard about the horribly botched attempt at restoring a fresco in Spain. Here it is is you haven't seen it.

 

The left is what it looked like, and on the right is the attempted restoration. Aside from the fact that a beautiful piece of art has been destroyed probably beyond repair, this new fresco is getting much more attention than the original. The number of people who travel to the small town of Boria in Spain has risen greatly, and it is mostly due to this monstrosity. The restorer, Cecilia Gimenez, is even trying to sue the church for royalties that she thinks she deserves. 

 

Here's Cecilia.

But the terrifying thought that occurred to me is that now this terrible piece of art will become a part of our world's history. When Art historians of the future look back at the art of our time, they will not see a stirring fresco depicting Christ's passion, but as Stephen Colbert put it, "a dough-faced homunculus". They will be baffled by this strange creature on the wall of a church, and may make assumptions about our culture that should not be made. One can only hope that this is documented as the terrible mistake that it is and stops getting all of the attention that it doesn't deserve.

Anyways, here's some stuff I drew this week.