His latest exhibition is crap and we mean it in the most literal way possible:
Now, the genial renegade is back, fulfilling his desire to do, in his words, "something that would provoke even me"—namely, shooting 66 different piles of doo-doo dumped by as many animals, blown up to eight feet high and ready to hang on the walls of the Yvon Lambert Gallery (in New York City) beginning September 4…Do you find Serrano’s work moving or nauseating? Judge for yourself with the video below showing several of his pieces.
"I always said I wouldn't work with children and sex, and I wouldn't work with shit, so when I came up with this idea [which dawned on him, to the best of his recollection, during the nude wrestling scene in Borat], I had to put myself in a special place. I had to prepare myself mentally—it was a scientific and aesthetic investigation."
Note: The following video contains several strong images. It is definitely not safe for work!
Sources- The Latin Americanist, YouTube, Village Voice, Slate
2 comments:
I heard about this a few weeks back. I even saw a picture of one of the paintings. I don't know about art these days, it seems more for shock value that actual art. I guess he is expressing his need for to shock others. I find it a bit silly and nasty. I have no desire to see more shit, I seen enough while raising my kids. Actually I can't wait for my one year to be potty trained. I think is lacks creativity.
He's half genius, half fucking asshole. Some of his work i like, other is just shit.
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