PLAYBOY model Marisa Papen is under fire after her latest religious-themed stunt of releasing a doll of her as a naked Virgin Mary while holding a black baby Jesus.
The controversial Belgian artist was previously arrested for posing nude at the Vatican and the Wailing Wall in Israel.
'HUGE UNPREDICTABLE RISK'
Last year, she was imprisoned after going nude at the Karnak Temple Complex near the Egyptian city of Luxor.
She also caused outrage when she lifted up her burka to reveal her genitals inside Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia - a former Byzantine church and Ottoman mosque which is now a museum.
In her last controversial shoot, Marisa was pictured dragging a large wooden crucifix across a street in the Vatican with St Peter's Basilica visible in the background.
Marisa and Australian photographer Jesse Walker were arrested again when they took a picture of Marisa sitting nude on a pile of bibles on St Peter's Square.
Marisa has now spoken for the first time about the reasons behind her controversial adventures.
There is a huge unpredictable risk tied to each and every frame.
Frank Rose Gallery spokespersonShe said that the shoots are part of an art project called 'FXCKRLGN' in cooperation with the Frank Rose Gallery in Los Angeles which also sells some of Papen's pictures as well as the new doll of Marisa depicted as Mary holding a black baby Jesus.
The eight-inch high 'Ave Marisa' doll sells for £62 while fine art prints of her controversial photo shoots fetch between £80 and £17,800.
A spokesperson for the Frank Rose Gallery said: “I think anyone who has the capacity to understand art and its message can see why this whole concept is so special and next level.
“There is a huge unpredictable risk tied to each and every frame.”
'UNFAZED BY CRITICS'
Marisa said that she first started to ask herself big questions as a teenager and concluded that "religion takes away individual power".
She said: "You give your strength away to someone else when you don't know if that person – be it Allah or God – exists in reality".
Marisa explained that in principle she "has nothing against religion" and realises that it enriches people individually although she claims that it "does not do enough good for the world".
She said that a prime example took place when she was on St Peter's Square and the Pope appeared from the window to give a short speech and the traditional Angelus prayer.
Marisa said: "One of the many beggars on the square caught my eye, a barefoot gypsy lady with a badly deformed posture.
If being popular was my goal, I don't think it would be such a wise decision to upset two thirds of the world.
Marisa Papen"I thought to myself, imagine if the Vatican was a place that actually helped people. Imagine if all these huge churches opened their doors for people in need."
Marisa said she is unfazed by the critics who "call me an attention seeker" and emphasised that her message is about change and not popular snaps for social media as she is not even active on Instagram.
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She said: "If being popular was my goal, I don't think it would be such a wise decision to upset two thirds of the world."
In the future, Marisa said she hopes to move on to a different subject matter and focus more on the state of our planet.
Marisa said: "I have been a vegetarian for the last three years and the plan is to make a strong statement in 2019 about how we keep animals for our own pleasure and amusement."
Model Marisa Papen goes for a naked walk through a forest
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