Blood Cross
ArtistAndres Serrano
Year1985 (1985)
MediumPhotograph
MovementPostmodernism
SubjectPlexiglass cross filled with cow's blood

Blood Cross is one of American photographer Andres Serrano's early religious-themed postmodernist images, released in 1985, two years before the controversial Piss Christ was debuted. This image depicted a plexiglass cross filled with cow's blood; the cross leaked slightly making it appear as though it was bleeding.[1] It was exhibited along with Milk, Blood as part of Serrano's Fluids series.[2]

In 1999 a print of Blood Cross fetched £17,825 at auction, considerably higher than the original estimate of £5,000–8,000.[3]

References

  1. LLC, New York Media (1995-02-27). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
  2. Young, Alison (2005). Judging the Image: Art, Value, Law. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-30184-8.
  3. "Andres Serrano (B. 1950), Blood Cross". Retrieved 2018-07-26.


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