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Body fluids in art
A relatively new trend in
contemporary art
is to use
body fluids in art
. Examples include:
The controversial
Piss Christ
(1987), by
Andres Serrano
, which is a
photograph
of a
crucifix
submerged in
urine
;
Self
(1991, recast 1996) by
Marc Quinn
, a frozen cast of the artist's head made entirely of his own
blood
;
Piss Flowers,
by
Helen Chadwick
(1991-92), are twelve white-enamelled bronzes cast from cavities made by
urinating
in snow;
many paintings by
Chris Ofili
, which make use of
elephant
dung
(from 1992).
Gilbert and George
's
The Naked Shit Pictures
(1995)