"Piss Christ" Photograph Comes To New York, Angering Pols

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"Piss Christ" by Andres Serrano

NEW YORK---Controversial representation of religious figures and objects has been inciting all the rage these days, and New York-born artist Andres Serrano's work "Piss Christ," which will be on view as part of an exhibition of the artist's work in Midtown..[today], is no exception. The piece—a photograph of a crucifix soaked in the artist's urine—was condemned by Staten Island Representative Michael Grimm yesterday, who compared it to Innocence of Muslims, the anti-Islam film that has set off a rash of rioting and violence in the Arab world over the past few weeks. "A representative from the Edward Tyler Nahem gallery, which will show the piece from September 27 to October 26, told the Post there would be increased security during the exhibition's run. [link]