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|image=Piss Christ by Serrano Andres (1987).jpg | |image=Piss Christ by Serrano Andres (1987).jpg | ||
|source=http://www.artcrimes.net/piss-christ | |source=http://www.artcrimes.net/piss-christ | ||
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{{Display censorship incident | |||
|ongoing=no | |||
|year=2011 | |||
|region=Europe | |||
|artist=Andres Serrano | |||
|subject=Religion | |||
|confronting_bodies=An Unnamed Vandal | |||
|medium=Photography | |||
|date_of_action=April 17, 2011 | |||
|location=Avignon, France | |||
|description_of_content=The photograph is a part of a series exploring fluids, such as blood, milk, urine and semen. The photo itself is an image of a plastic crucifix inside a jar of yellow liquid, which the artist said to be his own urine. | |||
|description_of_incident=An Avignon museum sought to display a print of the photograph as a part of an exhibition called "I Believe in Miracles." After an 800-person protest earlier that day by conservative Christians outside of the museum, an assailant attacked the photograph with a hammer and either a pick-axe or a screwdriver, effectively destroying the work. | |||
|description_of_result=The museum continued the exhibition and displayed the damaged work. | |||
|source=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/18/andres-serrano-piss-christ-destroyed-christian-protesters | |||
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