Piss Christ By Andres Serrano: Analysis
1. Provide a link to the news story and write a short (2- to 3-sentence) summary of each side’s position.
http://creativetimereports.org/2015/01/30/free-speech-piss-christ-charlie-hebdo-andres-serrano/
For this assignment I chose the work “Piss Christ” by Andres Serrano in 1987. This work is a photograph of a plastic crucifix submerged in urine. According to Serrano this work was an act of devotion as he was a Christian himself. He explains that it possibly reminds people of the torturous death of Christ, but people saw it as a blasphemy and very offensive towards their faith.
2. How do you think the controversy was impacted by each party’s interpretation of this artifact?
I think that Serrano honestly saw this work as something innocent
http://creativetimereports.org/2015/01/30/free-speech-piss-christ-charlie-hebdo-andres-serrano/
For this assignment I chose the work “Piss Christ” by Andres Serrano in 1987. This work is a photograph of a plastic crucifix submerged in urine. According to Serrano this work was an act of devotion as he was a Christian himself. He explains that it possibly reminds people of the torturous death of Christ, but people saw it as a blasphemy and very offensive towards their faith.
2. How do you think the controversy was impacted by each party’s interpretation of this artifact?
I think that Serrano honestly saw this work as something innocent