Can a white painter paint a black Christ? In times of political correctness, the question is a must. Alfonso Siracusa Orlando responded with an exhibition dedicated to the simulacrum of a church in Siculiana, in the province of Agrigento: so black as to induce a group of non-EU citizens from the first reception center to become interested, integrating, in the customs of a foreign and perhaps hostile land. The volume, with texts by the director Luca Lucchesi and the critic Dario La Mendola, is a pictorial journey between reality, dreams and a future tomorrow through the celebrations of this Sicilian Christ.
Andrew Guastella

Artist: Alfonso Siracusa Orlando
Title: Il Cristo Nero /A Black Jesus
Edited by: Andrea Guastella
Texts in the catalogue: Andrea Guastella, Dario La Mendola, Luca Lucchesi.
Catalogue: Aurea Phoenix Edizioni- Ragusa (2021)

https://www.mondadoristore.it/Cristo-nero-A-black-Jesus-Alfonso-Siracusa-Orlando/eai978889464870/

https://segnonline.it/alfonso-siracusa-orlando-a-black-jesus/