Andres Serranos Piss Christ
Andres Serranos Piss Christ The Issue. ... The National Gallery of Victoria closed an exhibition which contained works by American artist, Andres Serrano, on 12 October 1997 after two youths attacked the work Piss Christ, which shows a crucifix immersed in the artists urine. ... Dr George Pell, the Archbishop of Melbourne, applied for an injunction on 8 October 1997 against the gallery to prevent the exhibition of Piss Christ. ... 1 Dr George Pell also argued that Piss Christ breached section 17 of the Summary Offences Act (Vic) 1966. ... The closure of Serranos exhibition demonstrates that Victorians do not support "Freedom of expression" this was argued by Jill Singer (Herald Sun, 9-10-97 ). ... My View regarding the closure of Piss Christ. ... Personly I believe artistic censorship should not be tolerated, as the National Gallery of Victroia came to the conclusion that the closure of Serranos exhibition was in the best interest for staff and visitors of the gallery.