”Piss Christ’, a controversial photograph by American artist Andres Serrano has reportedly been destroyed by hammer and pickaxe-wielding radical Catholic activists at an exhibition in Avignon(South of France). The work, which was one of two images attacked, depicts a crucifix suspended in the artist’s urine and has been on display at Avignon’s Collection Lambert art gallery since December 2010. It has recently been the focus of repeated protests by militant Catholic groups, including a protest of between 800-1500 yesterday. The other damaged work is reportedly from the artist’s Churches series and is composed of a photograph taken in a Parisian church.
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