The first chapter of this book covers a lot of art with a particular shock value to it. Pieces, for instance, that contain bodily fluid, excrement, or other generally disgusting "medium. Serrano's "Piss Christ", for example, supposedly contains urine. Hirst's shark piece uses formaldehyde to preserve the body of a dead shark in a tank. Ofili used elephant dung in creating a piece called "Virgin Mary". I can only imagine the reactions that these works generated, and must still generate, given their content and expression.
There is also discussion about what classifies as artwork, and how that distinction is made. Warhol's "Brillo Boxes", for example. somebody thinks it's art...I'd have to say though...I don't really understand what deep thoughts he's trying to convey with that one.
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