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LOOK: Artist Makes Portrait Of Former Pope ... Out of 17,000 Condoms

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | 4:04 PM

March 20, 2013
When Niki Johnson, an artist in Milwaukee, heard former Pope Benedict XVI say in 2009 that using condoms could increase the AIDS epidemic in Africa, her creative juices started flowing.

"I just thought, whoa," Johnson told The Huffington Post in an interview. "'I need to do something.'"

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