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Ecce Homunculus - Jesus Golem

Late 90′s art icon It Come has resurfaced at The Sanctuary of Mercy Church near the Spanish city of Zaragoza.

As was recently reported in the Daily News, an 80 year old woman decided restoration efforts of 19th Century Spanish Fresco “Ecce Homo” were taking too long.  She transformed the fresco depicting Jesus with his crown of thorns into the monkey faced savior and internet meme known as “Ecce Mono.” The BBC likened the repair to “a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic.”

Art Historians who conferred with the woman determined that due to the nature of the materials the woman used, “Ecce Homo” could not be restored to its original state.

A wealthy parishioner, Mr. India Charlie, convinced Sanctuary of Mercy Church officials to allow him to commission the infamous It Come to restore the work as “Ecce Homunculus” or “Behold the Golem”

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It wake up.

It wake up.

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RedHands Cave Drawing

The discovery of cave paintings of the controversial late 90’s art icon  known only as It Come in the aboriginal Red Hands cave has both art critics and archeologists puzzled.

Aussie officials say the golem painting was discovered over the weekend, but no one is quite sure of its age or origins. Whether this is a 1990’s graffiti homage to ItCome that wasn’t discovered until now,  or true ancient aborigines’ cave art remains to be seen.  If the latter turns out to be the case, it wouldn’t be the first time an artist was inspired by pre-history. Read the rest of this entry »

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