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This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society

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DC Correspondent
1 Oct 2015 4:03 PM IST
This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Artist Dina Goldstein's third large-scale project, Gods of Suburbia, attempts to infuse religious faith against the backdrop of a modern world. She places religious iconography and archetypes in contemporary environments through her art work. (
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Just like how Ganesha, also known as the Lord of obstacles in Hindu mythology, stands out among the huge pantheon of Hindu deities, Goldstein relates to Ganesha's otherness because of her bitter experiences as an immigrant in Canada.
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    Sadly, the consumerist modern society looks like it is going farther and farther away from Buddha's principles of spiritual fulfillment and personal sacrifice. 
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Who can forget Satan, the nemesis of all things moral? This photo gives as a disturbing glimpse of how everyone of us have the potential for evil.
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    This piece makes a reference to the god Vodun, a deity of the West African Yoruba people, who lived in the 18th and 19th century Dahomey. It is a tribute to the slaves who were uprooted from their homes and forced to live in unfamiliar settings with
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Scientology, a new religion created by Ron L. Hubbard, comprises strange doctrines that resemble science fiction. As this faith condemns psychiatry as a barbaric and corrupt profession, this illustration turns the belief upside-down by showing its
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Modern Witchcraft religion also known as Wicca, includes a diverse group of ancient pagan motifs and ritual practice. As it is still considered to be an unconventional belief system, even heretical according to some people, Goldstein's Wiccan god
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Darwin, the famous British scientist, who developed the Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection, is considered a role model by many atheists. However, science does not have the answers to the much of madness we see in this day and age.
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    The rich scholastic and philosophical heritage of the Islamic tradition seems to be lost on the materialistic and secular ideals of the present age. 
 
 
  • This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
    Here Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, beauty and money is the ideal that working woman juggling with domestic resposibilities is struggling to meet. 
 
Artist Dina Goldstein's third large-scale project, Gods of Suburbia, attempts to infuse religious faith against the backdrop of a modern world. She places religious iconography and archetypes in contemporary environments through her art work. (
This is how different religious icons would look like in modern society
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