Art

In his thought-provoking book, On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, James Elkins writes that, “there is almost no modern religious art in museums or in books of art history” (Elkins 2004). Elkins explores the “problem of making religious art,” and writes that it is “nearly impossible to mix art and religion.” He concludes, “I have tried to show why committed, engaged, ambitious, informed art does not mix with dedicated, serious, thoughtful, heartfelt religion.” And that, “Wherever the two meet, one wrecks the other.”