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 Posted: Fri 22:30, 02 Aug 2013 Post subject: and the way that Jesus had become a |
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| of the same publicity, as the ur-blasphemy controversy of recent times, Andres Serrano "Piss Christ," created in 1987. Back then,Christian Louboutin Discount, Serrano ignited a firestorm of controversy by taking a plastic crucifix, immersing it in his own urine, and photographing the results.Folks who have never seen the photograph tend to assume, I think, that "Piss Christ" was simply a provocation—a way to piss off Christians by literally pissing on Christ. The actual image, though, is surprisingly ambiguous. The liquid appears, not green, but red; and the light going through the urine creates a kind of halo around the crucifix. While the title makes it clear that Serrano is mocking Catholicism, the image also suggests that there is something there that the mockery can't reach. Christ triumphs in his defilement—which seems like a summation of, rather than a repudiation of, the Christian message.Serrano has said that the piece was in part about the commercialization of Christianity, and the way that Jesus had become a |
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