Beast-Jesus Restoration Society

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Remember the elderly woman's startlingly strange ("bad") DIY restoration of the century-old Jesus fresco at the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza? If you, like me, just couldn't look away, perhaps you'll enjoy the Beast-Jesus Restoration Society. (via Jess Hemerly's IM)

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How are they capable of recreating this when art is so hard?
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

It’s the eyes to the side that really make it.
http://www.mynameisjay.com/ Jay

I like this one too

http://beholdthemonkey.com/blog/archives
politician

Now there’s a place you can do it yourself- and win a prize!:
http://www.ceciliaprize.com/
http://twitter.com/MaryKateClark Zombie Marykate

I want the little doll… (love the ears)
http://profiles.google.com/keithdtyler Keith Tyler

Mark my words, in 40-50 years that “restoration” will be as much a treasure, if not more, than the original was. It looks like a lost Manet.
- RedShirt77
  
  40 Years? They need to start bringing in the tourist dollars now. $10 to see Meme Jesus. Put up a screen ewith scrolling internet comments next to it. That might actually inspire me to visit a church.
  - http://twitter.com/incarnedine_v Dan Hibiki
    
    funny you should say that. The town is getting a huge tourist boom thanks to the alien Jesus.
http://twitter.com/mundoalreves Mundo al Revés

Some news.

The original painting is recoverable. And the “restoration” may be extracted without destroying it! If true, we would have the best possible new. The original painting restored, and our Ecce Homo visitable. The new, in spanish, is here:

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/08/30/cultura/1346322736.html

I saw a video some time ago with the paintings of the old lady, and I liked them. She is good at landscapes, the problem is the faces…
ewiebe

I love the fact that the caption says, “Remember the elderly woman’s …” like it wasn’t just a couple of weeks ago. Wow, internet time is something special I guess …
http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt

Is there any version of this that is scaled up enough to use as wallpaper?
MannyMayor

Have you seen the makeup artist who turned it into a costume? http://mydisguises.com/2012/08/27/awesome-makeup-botched-painting-costume/