Andres Serrano: uncensored photographs
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Word Count
59,750 words, Guess
Page Count
239 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139788836632619
- ISBN-108836632610
- OCLC Control Number936372202
- Better World Books9788836632619
- Open LibraryOL26455381M
Classifications
- LCCTR647 .S4629513 2016
Description
"Provocateur et classique, religieux et blasphème : depuis toujours l'apparente incompatibilité des opposés est présente dans le travail artistique d'Andres Serrano. Le symbole de ses trente années de carrière est le controversé Piss Christ, objet dans le monde entier de critiques intenses et d'actes de vandalisme. OEuvre d'art parmi les plus célèbres de l'artiste new-yorkais, elle représente un crucifix immergé dans un tonneau d'urine, symbolisant le rapport ambivalent entre le sacré et l'infâme. L'intérêt de l'artiste ne se porte pas seulement sur la religion mais également sur le sexe, la mort, les armes à feu, le Ku Klux Klan et tant d'autres thèmes. Caractérisé par un style presque classique, fortement influencé par les couleurs fortes et les natures mortes de la peinture des XVIe et XVIIe siècles, Serrano impressionne les yeux et l'esprit avec sa vision simple et bouleversante de la réalité et des mécanismes qui la régulent."--P. [4] of cover.
Description
Andres Serrano (born 1950) has photographed the homeless, Ku Klux Klansmen, corpses and feces, but he is most famous--or infamous, in some circles--for his Piss Christ (1987), showing a crucifix submerged in the artist's urine. Serrano returns again and again to scandalous or uncomfortable themes like religion, death, sex and violence, and his work prompts debate or even violent reaction, making vandalism and censorship inexorably part of the story of Serrano's art as well.Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Andres Serrano: Uncensored Photographs presents the many faces of Serrano and his work, tracing the trajectory of his career in more than 100 photographs.
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