My daughter, who is 25 did not remember "Piss Christ" when I mentioned it to her this evening. Why? The controversy was in 1987. That's ancient history to the younger generation. But remember how this blasphemy was defended as "art" by the avant-garde?
Peaktalk is comparing this latest Islamic hysteria over the Danish cartoons with the fiercely defensive position American liberals took when “Piss Christ” appeared on the horizon.
Remember how offended the Christians were to see a crucifix suspended in a container of urine?
Remember how the avant-garde intelligentsia vigorously defended this piece of crap objet d’art against the outrage of these philistines who were too ignorant to see the value of Mr. Serrano's creation?
So where are these defenders of art now that twelve Danes need their help? Have the Christians ripped out their tongues? Did they get religion themselves in the intervening twenty years? Hmmm…that’s a long time. Perhaps they’re all a bit long in the tooth and dribbly now. Too deaf to hear the racket, perhaps?In May, 2000, Christie’s auctioned off this effort of Andres Serrano:
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