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Andres SerranoHeaven and Hell1984
1984
About the Item
Artist: Andres Serrano
Title: Heaven and Hell
Year: 1984
Medium: Cibachrome Print Front-Mounted to Plexiglas, signed, titled, and numbered on verso
Edition: 9/10
Size: 27.5 x 40 inches (69.9 cm x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 32.5 x 45 inches
"In Heaven and Hell, Andres Serrano challenges the benevolence of the Catholic Church while also taking on the sexualization of violence against women. The work was made in collaboration with political artist Leon Golub, who appears in the photograph wearing the red robes of a Cardinal, subtly smiling as he looks away from the blood-splattered nude who is bound and suspended next to him. Serrano said of the work, "I'm referring to the relationship the Church has with women, whether they are aware of women as human beings or just take them for granted and dismiss them."
- Creator:Andres Serrano (1950, American)
- Creation Year:1984
- Dimensions:Height: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Long Island City, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU466194502
Andres Serrano
Born 1950, New York City; lives and works in New York City. Since the mid 1980s, Andres Serrano has been one of the most famous active American photographers. Serrano studied sculpture and painting at the Brooklyn Museum and Art School from 1967-1969 and began creating photography in the early 1980s. His training in painting and sculpture, along with his strict Roman Catholic upbringing, would play a major role in shaping his work. Serrano’s photography often evokes both striking physicality and spirituality. He is well known for creating large scale images that incorporate bodily fluids and religious iconography. One of Serrano’s most famous and controversial images, Piss Christ (1987), depicted a plastic crucifix submerged in urine. Though not intended to shock, his work is nevertheless emotionally provocative. In spite of the controversy surrounding some of his images, Serrano’s original style has made him one of the most influential contemporary photographers. Serrano’s work is featured in the permanent collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, to name a few.
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