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Andres Serrano
Works 1985 to 2011
Andres Serrano

Andres Serrano. Objects of Desire, Ruger 22 Long Rifle Mark II Target
I make art about very basic things: life, death, religion.
For the past four decades, Andres Serrano’s photographs have elicited strong emotions and sparked debates, as he explores controversial subjects such as religion, death, torture, sex, and race in his work. Despite the provocative and transgressive nature of his art, Serrano’s photographs are also deeply personal and not always intended to shock. Instead, he sees his work as a mirror that reflects different perspectives and narratives, and invites interpretation from the viewer.
At a time when the world is facing uncertainty and turmoil, this collection offers a unique opportunity to reconsider the impactful photographs made by Serrano, displaying a distinct style and an unwavering conviction to the photographic medium, using the camera to not only capture reality, but also to transform and reveal it.
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NFT 1/1
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4k
Reserve Price:
5 ETH(From)
Works:
15 (15 available)
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Andres Serrano
Female Bust, 1988

Andres Serrano
Madonna and Child II, 1989

Andres Serrano
Piss Elegance, 1987

Andres Serrano
Cactus Blood, 1987

Andres Serrano
Snoop Dogg, 2002

Andres Serrano
The Other Christ, 2001

Andres Serrano
Killer Clown, 2001

Andres Serrano
Felix Hernandez, Baseball Player, 2006

Andres Serrano
Blood Cross, 1985

Andres Serrano
Bloodscape V, 1987

Andres Serrano
Semen and Blood III, 1990

Andres Serrano
Semen and Blood II, 1990

Andres Serrano
Ruger 22 Long Rifle Mark II Target, 1992

Andres Serrano
St. Clotilde II, Paris, 1991
Andres Serrano
African Madonna, 2011
Female Bust
1988
15ETH
Madonna and Child II
1989
15ETH
Piss Elegance
1987
15ETH
Cactus Blood
1987
5ETH
Snoop Dogg
2002
15ETH
The Other Christ
2001
5ETH
Killer Clown
2001
5ETH
Felix Hernandez, Baseball Player
2006
5ETH
Blood Cross
1985
5ETH
Bloodscape V
1987
5ETH
Semen and Blood III
1990
5ETH
Semen and Blood II
1990
5ETH
Ruger 22 Long Rifle Mark II Target
1992
5ETH
St. Clotilde II, Paris
1991
5ETH
African Madonna
2011
8ETH
Artist
Andres Serrano
1950 (USA)
Andres Serrano was born in 1950 in New York and grew up in the Italian-American neighbourhood Williamsburg with his Cuban-American mother but without his father. As a young man he often took refuge in the Metropolitan Museum of Art where he discovered Renaissance painting. After studying art, he worked as a commercial photographer for some years. In the mid-1980s he received his artistic breakthrough at a time when the photographic image was mostly synonymous with small, black-and-white prints, and when artists such as himself, Cindy Sherman and Christian Boltanski began to re-draw the map. Serrano photographed bodies in a graphically strict form as a homage to Classical forms, using body fluids such as blood, urine and semen.
Andres Serrano challenges his own and other people’s obsessions with topics bordering on the acceptable. He says that he wants to explore things he doesn’t know about and to encourage people to discuss things they don’t normally talk about. Confronting our fear of the unknown and the unexpected is how we learn.
In almost all of his works there are references to art history. Renaissance painting and masters such as Caravaggio and Goya are obviously part of his inspiration.The series “Immersions”, with which he made a name for himself, has caused controversy and scandal, not least the work “Piss Christ”, which has been destroyed in exhibitions and severely criticised by the Church. This is important to remember when freedom of speech is a highly topical subject.
During this time, Serrano also worked on the series “Bodily Fluids” where he employed various fluids in order to create works that referred to abstract painting, a kind of anti-photography. “I always felt that I was exploring or breaking new ground in photography by abstracting the image, very much like a painter does,” Serrano explains. “But it’s still a photograph. That’s why I always see myself as a conceptual artist with a camera rather than as a photographer.”
Andres Serrano is a contemporary artist who is not afraid of dealing with religious themes and using the iconography of religious art in his works. In his series “Holy Works”, he reinterprets medieval and Renaissance religious paintings. “As a Christian, I am entitled to use the symbols of the Church, because they are the symbols of my faith,” Serrano says. “This is not about attacking God or the Church, but actually about celebrating them both.” That is, the very opposite of blasphemy which his work is sometimes accused of. “Not only do I believe in God, I also believe in religious art, and in the beauty and power of that art.”