New blasphemous art exhibition opens in Dublin (IMOCA)

A new art exhibition, titled Blasphemous, opened on Good Friday in the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA) which is located in Lad Lane, off Baggot Street, in Dublin. It runs until 25 April 2010, and is open from 12 noon to 5 pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or by appointment through contacting IMOCA.

This is the second Dublin art exhibition to highlight and challenge the new Irish blasphemy law, which became active on 1st January 2010.

SInce then, the Irish Justice Minister has responded to the campaign against the law by saying that he will propose a referendum, later this year, to remove the reference to blasphemy from the Irish Constitution, thus enabling the blasphemy law to be repealed.

This makes the new exhibition not just a challenge to the blasphemy law, but also a celebration of artistic freedom, and freedom of expression generally.

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[WhattsHisName]

Blasphemy laws eh!, ha ha after all the bad that the church has done, do they really expect people to listen or do what they say ever again?. Blasphemy laws three thousand years ago, fair enough, but in the year 2010 onwards. Well that's a joke and a half. They really are pulling shit out of their asses again, just like they have always and will always do. God damn fools.

[Torchmark]

@Richierua You hope atheists convert? Hark who's talking about respecting other people's beliefs or non-beliefs as they are.

[JOHNINCOLUMBUS]

@VYaCanisMajoris -That would be correct...just try telling that to some religious nut cases.

[VYaCanisMajoris]

@JOHNINCOLUMBUS its not a crime at all

[lazyperfectionist1]

"God dates fags."

No wonder He's always so impeccably dressed. Great video, but it would have been a good idea to have a separate microphone for each person you're interviewing to help differentiate what they're saying from the background noise.

[JOHNINCOLUMBUS]

Blasphemy is a "victimless" crime...

[paulchambers123]

Can anyone tell me that song that was playingat 0:40 and at the end. That was funny.

[Richierua]

agreed.

[Richierua]

no. That is constructive. I do not have much of a problem in someone disbeleiving in God and challenging me in an intellectual debate. Creating an art gallery that simply mocks religion in general achieves nothing and just offends people. It is a distasteful move. It aims not to prove or disprove religion and only insults it and its adherants. When such behaviour becomes laudable, alarm bells should be ringing.