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DESCRIPTION:(Hollywood)--The Erotic Museum presents a one-man show of images from the 
 series A HISTORY OF SEX by Andres Serrano for the first time on the West 
 Coast.  These large format photographs were commissioned in 1996 by the 
 Groninger Museum in the Netherlands and opened to both vehement protest and 
 overwhelming attendance, receiving multiple bomb threats, 2 Molotov 
 cocktails and 10,000 visitors on the opening day alone.   This series of 
 photographs touch upon taboos and practices ostracized throughout the 
 history of sex and mankind.  Subjects range from octogenarians, dwarves, 
 and horses to pierrots and transgenders.  The representations of power in 
 these relationships are captured with striking beauty by Serrano’s 
 unflinching lens.  Serrano gained international attention in the 1980's 
 when he was denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate for his controversial 
 work "Piss Christ" along with fellow photographer Robert Mapplethorpe as 
 part of the Meese Commission on government funded arts.    More recently, 
 Andres Serrano has photographed Arthur Miller, Snoop Dogg, Anna Nicole 
 Smith, B.B. King, and Vanessa del Rio juxtaposed with ordinary citizens for 
 his new book America and other Work: A portrait of post 9/11 America(ns).   
    Special Exhibitions Curator Carlos Batts asserts, “Serrano is 
 personally important to me as a photographer because he creates work that 
 challenges intellectuals and politicians as well as artists. His work has 
 never catered to the establishment or whatever is popular or trendy. This 
 exhibition not only authenticates the diversity in humanity sexual desire, 
 but it also forces you to look when you want to turn away.”   A HISTORY 
 OF SEX opens at The Erotic Museum on April 14, 2005 and will run through 
 late summer.   For more information:  http://www.theeroticmuseum.com  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/08/59773.php
SUMMARY:Serrano's A HISTORY OF SEX Exhibition Opening
LOCATION:The Erotic Museum Hollywood  6741 Hollywood Boulevard  Hollywood, CA  90028
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/08/59773.php
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