When was piss christ created

In , Piss Christ was vandalized by Christian protestors beyond repair while it was on display in France and again in while it was on display in New York. It is clear that Piss Christ is steeped in controversy and has many meanings. This to me stands as a metaphor as what contemporary society thinks about religion.

Although I have these views, I do believe that Piss Christ is a form of art because the artist does manipulate his choice of medium the crucifix and transforms it into a series of ideas. It is also clear that Serrano uses multitudes of emotion during this creation, as well as creativity. It marked the beginning of what has since become known in the United States as the culture wars. For me, Piss Christ was always a work of art and an act of devotion.

Freedom of expression comes at a price. My work was, in part, a comment on that paradox. Where the photograph has ignited spirited debate, that has been a good thing. Perhaps it reminds some people to question what we unthinkingly fetishize and thereby often minimize in lieu of pondering seriously what the crucifix actually symbolizes: the unimaginably torturous death of Christ, the Son of God.

But freedom of expression comes at a price. We have only to look to our shared human history to find that the artists and thinkers who have most advanced civilization in the direction of freedom and equality were often unpopular in their day. They questioned, they analyzed, they regularly offended.

Without them we would surely be lost. Serrano's photograph of a meditating nun was also damaged in the attack. When you see it, you're not horrified by it at all, but what it represents is the crucifixion of a man," Serrano told the Guardian.

Before the new exhibition opened — it features another photo from the original series of four — members of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the United States stood outside the building to explain their opposition. Bill Donohue, who has been president of the Catholic League since , believes that the Obama administration has given anti-Muslim imagery like the controversial Innocence of Muslims film unfair protection. In , Donohue and the Catholic League led a successful attempt to remove from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington a film by the artist David Wojnarowicz, about Aids, that included an video clip of Jesus on the cross being eaten by ants.

On Thursday in New York, the members of the Catholic League dispersed after getting into an argument with security.