From The Guardian:
The controversial work Piss Christ by the New York photographer Andres Serrano has been destroyed at a gallery in France after weeks of protests.
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Just after 11am on Sunday, four people in sunglasses entered the gallery where the exhibition was being held. One took a hammer from his sock and threatened security staff. A guard restrained one man but the remaining members of the group managed to smash an acrylic screen and slash the photograph with what police believe was a screwdriver or ice pick. They then destroyed another photograph, of nuns’ hands in prayer.
Obviously this is not condonable behaviour but the end result is that Serrano gets publicity, as does the gallery and i actually quite like the attacked version of the work.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/18/andres-serrano-piss-christ-shock?intcmp=239
Seems odd that Christian protesters would want to stab an image of Christ… Even if he is floating in piss?
That is quite a nice photo of the damage though.
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