José Manuel Soto's opinion about the Holy Week poster in Seville: “Not everyone liked Jesus Christ”

This weekend a great stir was generated on social networks by the poster for Holy Week 2024 in Seville, made by Salustiano and presented by the Council of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of the capital of Seville. The work evokes the Resurrection of Christ, reflecting “the luminous part of Holy Week”, as indicated by the prestigious author, who captures the style of his work on his poster.

Jose Manuel Soto, accustomed to generating debate on social networks, has also given his opinion on the matter: “Jesus Christ was not liked by everyone, he aroused passions for and against. He liked humble people and bothered the powerful, those who believed themselves to be guardians of the faith”. The singer came out in defense of the author: “I don't know the author of this poster nor am I an expert in art, but the artist doesn't work to please everyone…”.

The historian Joaquin Rivera Chamorro He replied: “Art always has a component of risk and a very particular look. The controversy will make visible the artist, who, otherwise, would have gone completely unnoticed. The truth is that the first representations showed him dressed and from the Romanesque “He appeared without clothes, showing poverty. From there we can find all kinds of versions.”

Soto settled: “Thank you Joaquín, I don't think the problem is nudity, but rather the idea that there is an untouchable aesthetic canon when it comes to Holy Week. As you say, the creator always takes risks and should not “I hope everyone likes it. Greetings.”

The poster controversy

The Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers announced that it is studying legal measures against this painting. A collection of signatures has also been promoted from Change.org for the immediate removal of the poster. The Comando Libertad Association has rejected the Holy Week poster because they consider it to be an “attack on Catholics.” These are defined as “Association of free Gays, Lesbians, Trans (straights welcome) against the LGTBI ideology.”

The painter Salustiano, for his part, defended this Monday the “respect and love” with which he made the poster commissioned by the Council of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of Seville, a Risen Lord that “one day we will have as a reference.” Regarding the criticisms received, he has assured that in them “there are no foundations and there are fundamentalisms.” The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz (PP), also assured that the poster “is different, brave, risky.” “All the Holy Week posters cannot be the same or the same every year,” said the politician. On social networks there is a debate about whether there is “homophobia” and hate attacks behind the criticism of this artistic work.