Reply #12: Lots of shock value indeed.

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Piss Christ jumped the shark in that body of work for That reason.

It appears to be a crucifix suffused with golden light. He has to tell us that it's urine in the title. If he hadn't told us how it was made there would be a print of that work in millions of devout homes. He could make Thomas Kincaid look like a piker. So why give up the secret?

If I'm not mistaken this was made prior to the revelations regarding preists in the Catholic church. Seranno was raised Catholic and he clearly has an axe to grind.

Formally, a crucifix suffused in gold has layers or metaphorical meaning as well. Is the gold of religious practice true gold, or is the church just pissing on peoples fairs with its desire for profit? I'm typing one fingered on a phone here but you get the idea. Great art doesn't offer us a place to stop. It gives us a place to start.