Blood Cross | |
Artist: | Andres Serrano |
Medium: | Photograph |
Movement: | Postmodernism |
Subject: | Plexiglass cross filled with cow's blood |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Blood Cross is one of American photographer Andres Serranos 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]