Photo: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Andres Serrano is one of the rare artists who genuinely rattled the culture. His Piss Christ ignited a national firestorm in America, and while plenty of his work is deliberately confrontational, I read it as the opposite of cynical provocation. He refuses the safety of pretty pictures, pushing into the sacred and the profane to ask hard questions about belief and the body. The fact that he also shot album art for Metallica shows an artist unbothered by boundaries between high and low. You don't have to like every image to respect the nerve; for me, making viewers truly think is the whole point of the job.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andres Serrano
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドレス・セラーノ
- Reading
- あんどれす・せらーの
- Born
- August 15, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- photographer / printmaker / visual artist / jewelry designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://andresserrano.org/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andres%20Serrano
Frequently asked questions
When was Andres Serrano born?
Born August 15, 1950 (age 75).
Where is Andres Serrano from?
Andres Serrano is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Andres Serrano do?
Andres Serrano works as photographer, printmaker, visual artist, jewelry designer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.