Artist: CHRIS OFILI
Title of Work: Holy Virgin Mary
Year: 1996
Materials: Elephant dung
Public Reaction: Then (NYC) Mayor Rudy Giuliani issued a lawsuit for exhibiting Mr. Ofili's work in the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Title of Work: Holy Virgin Mary
Year: 1996
Materials: Elephant dung
Public Reaction: Then (NYC) Mayor Rudy Giuliani issued a lawsuit for exhibiting Mr. Ofili's work in the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Wonder if that has an odor to it?
ReplyDeleteWell, I mean it's pretty..
ReplyDeleteWell, uh, ew?
ReplyDeleteQuite... creative.
I think this is pretty nice actually, it's not a bad painting at all, if you hadn't told us what it was made of I genuinely don't think I'd have known.
ReplyDeleteIt actually looks quite good, and that's almost scary.
ReplyDeletewow. that is...something!
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember this controversial piece!
ReplyDeletelooks about as good as the material she used
ReplyDeleteIt's not gross its ART!
ReplyDeleteA lawsuit? Really?
ReplyDeletegood thing the internet doesn't do smells
ReplyDeleteKinda reminds me how some artist literally crapped in a bunch of tin cans and sold THAT as "art pieces."
ReplyDeleteLike, those old-school style tin cans with the self-opening pins.
Yeah. Sold 'em for a bunch of money, each one. x_X Too much for freakin' crap in a can.
Oh, and also that machine which takes perfectly good cuts of steak and as it goes down the conveyer belt adds the proper types of fluids and bacteria until it literally gets eaten away and transformed into crap.
Yeah. Art.
Pfffft.
I am not even sure how someone decides to use pee and poop to create art.
ReplyDeleteWhat is next???
ReplyDeleteIt's not too bad looking, but I guess you'd have to hang it in the bathroom!
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