Blood Cross | |
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Artist | Andres Serrano |
Year | 1985 |
Medium | Photograph |
Movement | Postmodernism |
Subject | Plexiglass 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. [1] It was exhibited along with Milk, Blood as part of Serrano's Fluids series. [2]
In 1999, a print of Blood Cross fetched £17,825 at auction, considerably higher than the original estimate of £5,000–8,000. [3]