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Andres Serrano (1950)

Aliases: Andrés Serrano

Professions: Photographer

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    Andres Serrano

    Andres Serrano

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    Piss Christ

    Piss Christ

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    Andres Serrano (b. 1950)

    Andres Serrano (b. 1950)

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    Contemporary Art: ANDRES SERRANO Red Pope I-III,

    Contemporary Art: ANDRES SERRANO Red Pope I-III,

Andres Serrano Biography

(b New York, NY, 1950) Contemporary American photographer. From 1967 – 1969 Serrano attended the Brooklyn Museum of Art School. In his late 20’s Serrano started his photography work, which is influenced by Surrealism and his catholic background. Piss Christ featured in “Awards in the Visual Arts 7” by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in North Carolina in 1989, launched Serrano’s career because of the controversy surrounding it. Methodist Minister Reverend Wildmon, founder of the National Federation for Decency in 1977 (renamed the American Family Association in 1987), attacked Piss Christ because he was angered that the National Endowment for the Arts paid Serrano for this “obscene art.” This incident began the debate over what art public funds should support. Taking on portraiture, Serrano photographed people belonging to different social groups. His subject matter for these photos included members of the Ku Klux Klan, female bodybuilders, and New York’s homeless. In 2008, Serrano debuted his most recent work of human and animal feces. Serrano currently lives and works in New York, NY. (Credit: Christie’s New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, May 14, 2008, Lot 411.)

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  • ANDRES SERRANO, Burnt to Death (from the series: The Morgue), 1992, Andres Serrano, €4,000 Watch Now!

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    ANDRES SERRANO, Burnt to Death (from the series: The Morgue), 1992

  • Serrano, Andres 1950 „Red River #6 View Details

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    Serrano, Andres 1950 „Red River #6"

  • Serrano, Andres 1950 „The Church (St. Eustache V) View Details

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    Serrano, Andres 1950 „The Church (St. Eustache V)"

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