Serrano shows students his photograph)
Photographer Andres
Serrano discusses his
controversial works
By Andrew Brwcfcensictt
Andre* Serrano thawed no
turoHse whan people Ingin
walking out in th<» middle .,( )m
slide dhow, tt i* something that
ha has come to expert and even
hope for
“I don’t think that the *h«w
would be successful if people
didn't walk out." Serrano aaid
after hi* chow May 2.
About 10 people left Serrano *
tilde «how when tome of hi*
more graphic and controvert!*!
photography wa« di*play«d.
“Pi** Christ." a piece in
which Serrano photographed a
crucifix submerged in a ptexi
giaa* container filled with hi*
own urine, i* probably Serrano *
mow well known work* because
of the critic ism it received from
Sen. Jesse Helm*. Helm* ques
ituned Serrano's u*« of govern
rnenl funding from the National
Endowment for the Art* to pro
duce photographs that made
commentaries about (kid and
religion.
Hut there was more lo Serra
no's slide show than bodily flu
ids and complaining senators
Serrano invited the audience
to comment on and ask ques
tion* about the show and hi*
photography After Serrano told
the audience that he ha* been
labeled an anti-Christian bigot,
an individual asked him how he
felt about these and other nega
tive responses to "Pis* Christ "
Serrano said that when artists
create their art. ihey are not
aware of how people will inter
pret it.
Several of Serrano's photos,
taken before the infamous “Pis*
(Christ." involved other bodily
fluids. "Blood,” "Milk" and
"Blood and Milk" were the titles
of three of his photographs,
which contained nothing but
the fluid mentioned in the title
To create these photographs,
Serrano used real blood that he
got from a butcher.
When he was asked why he
did not use paint instead of
actual blood, he said that paint
did not satisfy him and did not
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Controversial photographs Andres Serrano hosted a ttMSe ahem of
hi# photography for University students May 2
create the effect that he wanted
The simplicity of the title* of
.Serrano'* photograph* t» contin
ued in Serrano'* more recent
*erie«. in which he pho
tographed corpse* from a
morgue One photo, titled “Con
genial Heart Failure," U of a
dead man whote face i* half
(Covered and whuae eye* are hid
den. The title come* from the
fact that the man in the photo
died of *uch a condition.
Each of the photo* in thi*
serif* t* named after the *ub
feet's cause of death
Portrait* also make up a largo
part of Serrano'* more recent
photography Serrano received
criticism for taking photo* of
KfcK member* in full robe
Being of Hispanic Amt mi,
S»((»ihi admitted that meeting
with them was intimidating »t
fit**, but h« did »i»)ov pho
tographing them
The slide show also included
• series titled "Nomads.'* in
which Serrano photographed
homeless people who lived in
the New York Subway .Serrano
•aid that he was inspired to do
this series by photographs taken
of Native Americans in the late
moo*
Altogether, the slide show,
sponsored by Two CirU Weview.
revealed some of the reasons
behind the controversy sur
rounding Serrano Those who
didn't leave were tuhiecfed to
the power of his photography
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