Chris Ofili: Shock, And Then Not
source: http://b-uncut.com/blog/2010/02/10/chris-ofili-shock-and-then-not/
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Upon entering Tate Britain for the Chris Ofili retrospective, viewers are warned of the “offensive” imagery on view. Anyone familiar with the artist is accustomed to seeing the glitzy, brilliant, and intense paintings he is best known for: Ofili’s use of elephant dung, artfully placed on parts of his paintings and used constantly to prop the works up from the ground, as well as his constant inclusion of imagery from pornography magazines, are what made this British artist notorious.
read more at: http://b-uncut.com/blog/2010/02/10/chris-ofili-shock-and-then-not/
read more at: http://b-uncut.com/blog/2010/02/10/chris-ofili-shock-and-then-not/
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