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Andres Serrano

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Photographer

The Resume

    (August 15, 1950- )
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Best known work is 'Piss Christ' (1989), a photograph of a cross submerged in urine

Why he might be annoying:

    Many of his works involve body fluids, including blood, mother's milk and semen, not to mention urine.
    Since he had indirectly received $15,000 from the National Endowment of the Arts, Senators Jesse Helms and Alfonse D'Amato cited 'Piss Christ' in their attempt to end NEA funding.
    Many people considered 'Piss Christ' sacreligious.
    The Guardian said his photos are 'more about being lurid than anything else... In the end, the show is all surface and looking for hidden depths does no good.' (2001)

Why he might not be annoying:

    Sister Wendy Beckett approved of 'Piss Christ,' saying that she regarded it as a comment on 'what we have done to Christ.'
    Metallica used his photographs for the covers of 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'
    Despite the accusations of blasphemy, he has exhibited his work at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
    A retrospective of his work in Melbouorne, Australia, was canceled after two people attacked 'Piss Christ' with a hammer (1997).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 54 Votes: 79.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 55 Votes: 78.18% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 57 Votes: 63.16% Annoying