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Artist reimagines Jesus Christ as fashion brand ambassadors


If you have ever caught yourself wondering how Jesus Christ would look if he was a brand ambassador for some of the world's high-end fashion labels, you have found yourself an answer!

Marc Gaba, a Filipino artist based in Manila, must have had the same nagging question because he has turned the Messiah into a fashion icon. 
Marc, who received his MFA from the University of Iowa, has presented numerous solo exhibitions in different Manila galleries such as Galleria Duemila, Silverlens, Artery Art Space, Art Informal, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. 

While focused on painting, his practice includes installation, video, books and photography. His subjects are equally diverse, exploring public space, the Internet, Catholicism, antiterrorism, Modernist abstraction and language. Before immersing himself fulltime into contemporary art, Marc was an award-winning poet and university professor.

"When I paint, I let my body have its say, and I’ve learned to trust it," says Marc. "Sometimes my mind would say that a certain area of the canvas has to be done a certain way, but if my body rejects it, I obey it, then it finds another way to solve a problem."

What do you think of Marc's LV-clad Christ? Let us know in the comments section below.

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