White Christ

<p>In 1987 Andres Serrano made the provocative photograph <em>Piss Christ</em>, depicting a mass-produced statuette submerged in a glass of the artist’s urine. He received violent criticism, and as recently as 2011 protesters vandalized one print of the work. <em>Piss Christ<em/> belonged to a series showing various statuettes immersed in bodily fluids: blood, milk, urine, and semen. Each composition was printed at a grand scale that elevated the miniatures to the level of worship. This work, involving milk and water, was created in response to the <em>Piss Christ</em> controversy. Serrano sardonically gives the public a pure, white Christ figure, untouched by baser human substances.</p>