Power 2014
Power, Kim. ‘Embodying the Eucharist.’ In Reinterpreting the Eucharist: Explorations in Feminist Theology and Ethics edited by Carol Hogan, Kim Power, Anne F. Elvey. Oxon: Routledge, 2014, pp. 152–85
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Extract: Furthermore, female crucifixions have been painted and sculpted by artists of the calibre of Hieronymus Bosch,5 Arnulf Rainer (see fig. 9.1, below, The Wine Crucifix), Edwina Sandys, 2 Arthur Boyd (see fig. 9.3, Crucifixion, Shoalhaven, 1979-80), Martina Hoffmann (see fig. 9.2 below, Female Crucifixion), Susan Dorothea White, Darinka Mircovich2 and Eric Drooker (see fig. 9.4 below Crucifixion) - all internationally recognized artists, though I would wish to argue that creations from outside this select company are not necessarily artistically illegitimate.
27. Susan Dorothea White's paintings on this theme also include a Last Supper [sic], where an Australian Indigenous Woman represents Christ, a Crowning with Thorns and a Crucifixion, where Marilyn Monroe represents Christ. The latter is a detail in The Seven Deadly Isms. All can be viewed on her website, 'Susandwhite'.
27. Susan Dorothea White's paintings on this theme also include a Last Supper [sic], where an Australian Indigenous Woman represents Christ, a Crowning with Thorns and a Crucifixion, where Marilyn Monroe represents Christ. The latter is a detail in The Seven Deadly Isms. All can be viewed on her website, 'Susandwhite'.
