Andres Serrano
Andres Serrano
Andres Serranois an American photographer and artist who has become famous through his photos of corpses and his use of feces and bodily fluids in his work, notably his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's own urine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth15 August 1950
CountryUnited States of America
american-photographer compared images klan people
Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures.
american-photographer people
People have to find ways of explaining the work.
american-photographer hard issues
Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.
american-photographer functions work
My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena.
american-photographer
An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.
life artist hispanic
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
I have never voted in my life.
religious sacrilegious felt
I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.
thinking should hispanic
I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.
felt
I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.
real catholic church
I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
artist firsts photographer
I am an artist first and a photographer second.
christian catholic church
As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.
color political born
Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.