Elisabeth Ohlson

Elisabeth Ohlson

Elisabeth Ohlson (born 1961) is a Swedish photographer and an artist. In her works she often photographs representatives of sexual minorities.

Ohlson, a lesbian,citation |title=Blasphemy or Divine Inspiration? |first=Heidi |last=Kriz |date=August 2, 1999 |url=http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/08/21012 |accessdate=2008-09-15 |periodical=Wired News ] is most famous for her exhibition "Ecce homo" which portrayed Jesus among homosexuals and transvestites. The scenes were modern versions of stories of the New Testament, such as Jesus riding a bicycle in a gay parade like in the Triumphal entry he rode to town with a donkey. With her works, Ohlson has wanted to remind people that Jesus worked with and helped the outcasts of the society. She had the idea when one of her friends died of AIDS in the early 1990s, and saw that some religious extremists called it God's punishment for homosexuality.

The first "Ecce homo" exhibition was held in Stockholm in 1998. Later an exhibition was held in the Uppsala Cathedral which the archbishop K. G. Hammar had approved of. Later "Ecce homo" has toured around the world.

References

External links

* [http://www.ohlson.se Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin - The Official website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Village/9174/eccehomo.html Interview with Elisabeth Ohlson (in Swedish)]


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