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|date_of_action=October 12, 1997 | |date_of_action=October 12, 1997 | ||
|location=Victoria, Australia | |location=Victoria, Australia | ||
|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. Viewers often interpret the crucifix's immersion in bodily fluid as blasphemous, and it has | |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. Viewers often interpret the crucifix's immersion in bodily fluid as blasphemous, and it has attracted religiously-motivated censorship as a result. Yet Andres Serrano, the artist, views his work differently. | ||
“You could say, I’m a controversial artist by accident," he says. "I had no idea Piss Christ would get the attention it did, since I meant neither blasphemy nor offense by it. I’ve been a Catholic all my life, so I am a follower of Christ. But I’m an artist, and the role of the artist is to break new ground for himself and for his audience.” | “You could say, I’m a controversial artist by accident," he says. "I had no idea Piss Christ would get the attention it did, since I meant neither blasphemy nor offense by it. I’ve been a Catholic all my life, so I am a follower of Christ. But I’m an artist, and the role of the artist is to break new ground for himself and for his audience.” | ||