In the mid-late 90s, artist Chris Ofili really pissed a lot of people off. His controversial, 8-foot tall painting, “The Holy Virgin Mary” depicted a black mother of Christ constructed from pornography collage and elephant dung. It deeply upset Catholics – such as Rudolph Giuliani, who was the Mayor of New York City at the time – and the general public – including Dennis Heiner who tried to deface the painting in 1999. But despite this, it…
That time this ‘hip hop Virgin Mary’ really pissed off the art world
By Emily Dinsdale (info@dazedgroup.com)
April 27, 2018 at 06:55AM
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