Vienna Cathedral: Christ Is Upside Down
Helnwein is notorious for his controversial depictions of pain, injury and violence. His project consists of a purple copy of the Shroud of Turin in front of the high altar, but hung upside down, as Satanists like to do.
The two side altars are each covered with a purple skull that look like the Goddess of Death.
The cathedral's rector, Monsignor Anton Faber, confessed that the collaboration with Helnwein was a project "that has been growing in my heart for a long time". He interprets the images as Christ's "descent into the realm of death on Holy Saturday" - as if Christ had done this like someone jumping into a swimming pool.
At Easter the images are replaced by a white resurrection of Christ (also upside down?) and at Pentecost by red images of the Holy Spirit.
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