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Christ poster for Holy Week stirs controversy in Spain's Seville / 34HA274
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In Spain, the official poster chosen for the Holy Week festivities in Seville shows the resurrected Jesus Christ, lightly covered at the waist by a white cloth. In his studio in Bormujos, Seville artist Salustiano Garcia explains that he wants to "represent Jesus Christ in a very poetic way". Intended for distribution throughout the city, the poster has provoked controversy on social media, where many internet users and an ultraconservative Catholic association have denounced its "sexualised" nature. But for one interviewee, "the artist who painted it has phenomenal talent". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES