Artist Edits Bible with Black Marker and Scissors
June 20, 2007


Artist Edits Bible With Black Marker and Scissors



PALM SPRINGS, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Gay activist and
iconoclast Charles Merrill, 73, a self-made millionaire, artist, fervent
atheist and cousin of the co-founder of Merrill Lynch, is enjoying a
prolific period of creativity by addressing his social concerns in his art.
A move last year to Palm Springs, California, with its brilliant sunlight
inspired Merrill to integrate aspects of Cubism into his latest work,
particularly the use of form and bright color. Like Picasso and the passion
of his mural, Guernica, Merrill is working with a profound sense of
artistic purpose. He states,
About the Press Release
Artist edits out hateful passages in Bible that are no longer relevant in a civilized society, such as stoning to death.


 
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