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Photograph by Andres Serrano Not to be confused with Bloody Cross.
Blood Cross
ArtistAndres Serrano
Year1985 (1985)
MediumPhotograph
MovementPostmodernism
SubjectPlexiglass cross filled with cow's blood

Blood Cross is one of American photographer Andres Serrano's early religious-themed postmodernist images, released in 1985, two years before the controversial Piss Christ was debuted. This image depicted a plexiglass cross filled with cow's blood; the cross leaked slightly making it appear as though it was bleeding. It was exhibited along with Milk, Blood as part of Serrano's Fluids series.

In 1999, a print of Blood Cross fetched £17,825 at auction, considerably higher than the original estimate of £5,000–8,000.

References

  1. LLC, New York Media (1995-02-27). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
  2. Young, Alison (2005). Judging the Image: Art, Value, Law. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-30184-8.
  3. "Andres Serrano (B. 1950), Blood Cross". Retrieved 2018-07-26.


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