The Inevitability of Piss Shark in the Brain of Somebody
‘The Inevitability of Piss Shark in the Brain of Somebody’ – After Andres Serrano, Damien Hirst
I don’t recall exactly when the idea of marrying these two iconic works of art developed in my mind.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living – Damien Hirst 1991
Immersion (Piss Christ) – Andres Serrano – 1987
I think it was somewhere around the time I read about Damien Hirst’s ‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ becoming murky and requiring a fresh shark. Both works were and remain controversial, Hirst’s primarily is questioned as to whether it truly is art and Serrano’s for its perceived blasphemy. The Hirst work exists as a three dimensional object in the world while the Serrano work is a two dimensional photograph but both spring from conceptual art.
So what is this image that I created then? Maybe a little blasphemy of contemporary art or satire of the actual works and how we perceive them? Ether way I found the idea amusing which is usually good enough for me.
On a technical note, I recorded the image using 35mm Kodak Portra 400 film which I then scanned and then had printed. I created a small print 4″x6″ to fit the requirements for a miniature print show called ‘Compartments’ curated by Latent Image Magazine and held at the Gam Gallery. Compartments
And don’t worry I don’t need to see a urologist that’s not urine but its deceptively difficult to create a reasonable facsimile of what was used for ‘Piss Christ’
The two other images I created for Compartments.
