re: #25 WindUpBird

The very fact that the reaction to Serrano’s photo was so vehement proves the power of the artwork.

If you didn’t know you were looking at urine, what would you think of it? Suppose this was presented as a photo that had been manipulated to give it that stressed golden look?

One of art’s functions, if it has to have a function (which I would dispute), is that it can make your brain do more than sit there on idle. Andres Serrano succeeded at this, more than most artists could dream of.