As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.
From Andres Serrano
I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.
Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa.
I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.
I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
I am just an artist.
My work is intensely personal.
I don't think that because I am Hispanic I should therefore do Hispanic work.
People have to find ways of explaining the work.
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