MCASD doffs hat to Davies in exhibit Oct 6, 2008
There's a photograph by Andres Serrano from the same series that caused such a stir in the 1980s. Remember Piss Christ. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A Show To Hold Your Nose For Jul 14, 2008
PHOTOGRAPHER ANDRES SERRANO USES HIS OWN FECES IN NEW ART SHOW- New York Post ... CONTROVERSIAL photographer Andres Serrano is again using his bodily excreta in his sickening "art.". (New York Post -- Gossip)
Jesse Helms, conservative force in U.S. Senate, dies Jul 5, 2008
In the 1980's he took on the National Endowment for the Arts for subsidizing art that he found offensive, chiefly that of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who explored gay themes in some of his work, and of the artist Andres Serrano, who depicted a crucifix submerged in urine. He later led an ill-fated attempt to take over CBS, exhorting conservatives to buy up stock in order to stop what he saw as a liberal bias in its news reporting. (International Herald Tribune)
Catholic group protests student paintings in NY Jun 6, 2008
The League also got involved in the outcry over a 1987 photograph by Andres Serrano of a crucifix submerged in urine. The Catholic League, founded in 1973, says it is the nations largest Roman Catholic civil rights organization. (MSNBC -- News)
Catholics protest NYC student paintings Jun 6, 2008
The League also got involved in the outcry over a 1987 photograph by Andres Serrano of a crucifix submerged in urine. Last year, it helped secure the cancellation of a planned Holy Week exhibition featuring a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ. (USA Today -- News)
Hurry, hurry, step right in and Spin’ May 9, 2008
In 1989, Frohnmayer was named to the post by President George H.W. Bush, but found he d inherited some controversial decisions from his predecessor, including NEA grants given to photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano, whose work included strongly sexual and anti-religious overtones. Frohnmayer defended the decision to use public money to fund the work of the artists, but was eventually fired for taking that stand. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
21C, Louisville's hipster hotel, and a housemade tonic Apr 17, 2008
Downstairs there are some Andres Serrano photos and many more cool pieces. How about a room full of Kara Walker. (Epicurious.com)
Moral Muzziness Apr 2, 2008
But neither they nor the queasy-making morgue-slab portraits by Andres Serrano - of "Piss Christ" fame - caused the complete shutdown of an exhibition. The relentlessness of Abdessemed's video loops, as much as their literalness, guaranteed their repellent impact. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Islam and Free Speech Mar 26, 2008
In 1989, when so-called artist Andres Serrano displayed his work "Piss Christ" -- a photo of a crucifix immersed in a bottle of urine -- Americans protested peacefully and moved to cut off the federal funding that supported Mr. Serrano. There were no bombings of museums. (Wall Street Journal)
Archibald Hitler portrait stirs up fury Feb 29, 2008
He said Leach's portrait had the same shock value as Piss Christ, a photo of a crucifix suspended in urine by US artist Andres Serrano that caused an uproar in 1997 when hung in the National Gallery of Victoria. But Mr Block said the use of Hitler imagery in art and fashion Mambo released T-shirts depicting Hitler last year was part of a disturbing trend trivialising history and making evil culturally acceptable, he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* [ART JOURNAL] Unlucky 13 Jan 31, 2008
ANDRES SERRANO IS GIVEN A GOOD KICKING AND THEN GETS HAMMERED. In 1997 the director of the National Gallery in Melbourne closed down an exhibition after two attacks in two days upon Serrano's Piss Christ. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
You can call it vandalism, or intervention, or just plain art Oct 18, 2007
The photographs they destroyed, by American artist Andres Serrano, were erotic photographs of nude people engaged in various sex acts, including some kinky ones. The group of photos is called The History of Sex. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
* 'Against decadence and for a healthier culture' Oct 11, 2007
It was what actually happened on a quiet Friday afternoon in Lund, a small university town in southern Sweden where The History of Sex, an exhibition of photographs by the New York artist Andres Serrano, had opened two weeks earlier. Around 3:30pm, half an hour before closing, four vandals wearing black masks stormed into a space known as the Kulturen Gallery while shouting in Swedish, "We don't support this," plus an expletive. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vandals attack Serrano photo exhibit in Sweden Oct 9, 2007
It was what actually happened on a quiet Friday afternoon in Lund, a small university town in southern Sweden where "The History of Sex," an exhibition of photographs by the New York artist Andres Serrano, had opened two weeks earlier. Around 3:30, half an hour before closing time, four vandals wearing black masks stormed into a space known as the Kulturen Gallery while shouting in Swedish, "We don't support this," plus an expletive. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Director hangs up his spurs in Texas, destination unknown May 31, 2007
In Melbourne, Potts was criticised for closing the Andres Serrano exhibition when his work Piss Christ was attacked with a hammer. He left the gallery in 1998, to the displeasure of the then premier Jeff Kennett, just before he was to have overseen the gallery's redevelopment, to take up his $800,000-a-year position in Texas. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The fortnight that was Apr 20, 2007
"We are concerned that Imus's forced departure will have a chilling effect on artists everywhere," said a spokesperson for the community, saying artists feared for the future of hip-hop, HBO specials such as "Bad Boys of Comedy," and talents such as photographer Andres Serrano. "It's getting to the point where it's becoming more and more difficult to degrade people based on gender, race, ethnicity, or religion," said one artist. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
20,000 treasures Not sure what's in the Jersey City Museum? Here's its first catalogue! Apr 7, 2007
They have items ranging from illustrations of Jersey City by 19th century artist August Will to a screen print by controversial modern photographer Andres Serrano. The catalog, according to museum Director Marion Grzesiak, will be the precursor to a major exhibit, also called First Look that will debut in the fall. (Union City Reporter, NJ)
Karen Finley's 'Nation Building' comes to Emerson College Mar 5, 2007
Exhibitions by Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano that were indirectly funded by NEA money already had attracted the attention of such conservative politicians as Senator Jesse Helms and Representative Newt Gingrich, who began crusading against the use of taxpayers' money to support art that they regarded as obscene, anti - religious, and un-American. When they heard about Finley's NEA award, they'd found their poster girl. (Boston Globe)
