N.B. gallery aims to spark debate with urine-soaked crucifix photo, Tory MP weighs in
The controversial photograph is on loan from Vancouver and appears in an exhibit that Beaverbrook says is meant to spur public dialogue.
- The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton opened an exhibition of American artist Andres Serrano's Piss Christ on loan from the Rennie Collection, marking the work's first showing in Atlantic Canada through November.
- Executive director Bernard Doucet stated the gallery displays the work to provoke conversation, emphasizing that museums have a responsibility to provide an "impetus for conversation and dialogue."
- Artist Andres Serrano maintains the work is a personal expression of faith, stating, "It's not an attack on God or the Church, but instead a celebration of both."
- Conservative MP John Williamson criticized the exhibit as "not great art in any serious sense," accusing the gallery of "recycling a controversy that peaked long ago."
- The photograph has previously faced vandalism in Melbourne and France; the gallery displayed Serrano's work near Salvador Dali's 13-foot Santiago El Grande in the Dali Chapel to contextualize modern religious art.
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N.B. gallery aims to spark debate with photo of urine-soaked crucifix
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton is displaying American artist Andres Serrano's piece called Piss Christ (Immersion) until November, a piece that has drawn controversy around the world for decades.
An art gallery in eastern Canada uses a controversial photograph, damaged with hammers, representing a crucifix floating in urine to generate public debate, which even led to a Member of Parliament's criticism.
The Toronto Star
N.B. gallery aims to spark debate with urine-soaked crucifix photo, Tory MP weighs in
FREDERICTON - An art gallery in Eastern Canada is leveraging a notorious, damaged photograph of a crucifix floating in urine to spark public discourse — even drawing criticism from a
N.B. MP accuses Beaverbrook gallery of ‘recycling a controversy’
A Conservative New Brunswick MP is accusing the Beaverbrook Art Gallery of “recycling a controversy that peaked long ago,” stating a move to exhibit one of the most controversial art works of the 1980s this summer “is not brave.”
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