Andres Serrano Quotes

Andres Serrano is an American photographer and artist who has become famous through his photos of corpses and his use of feces and bodily fluids in his work, notably his controversial work Piss Christ, a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's own urine. He is also notable for creating the artwork for the heavy metal band Metallica's Load and Reload albums. ...more

Birth: August 15, 1950

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

Topic(s): Felt

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

Topic(s): Church , Aesthetics

One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.

Topic(s): Life , Artist , Inspire

I am an artist first and a photographer second.

Topic(s): Firsts , Artist , Photography

I have never voted in my life.

Topic(s):

I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious. I would say that there are many individuals in the Church who appreciate it and who do not have a problem with it. The best place for Piss Christ is in a church.

Topic(s): Problem , Individual , Christ

I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones.

Topic(s): Reason , Spiritual , Church

My use of the medium – photography – is in some ways traditional.

Topic(s): Way , Use , Photography

My work is intensely personal.

Topic(s): Grooming , Personal Grooming

I have never been able to see myself as fitting into one category, and I have never been able to limit my contact with people to one group of people.

Topic(s): People , Able , Groups

I don’t really think I am interested in the macabre, but I am curious about death. That’s normal… The only certainty in life is that we’re all going to die. It would be unnatural not to think about death once in a while.

Topic(s): Thinking , Life Is , Normal

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