Holy Virgin Mary

Discuss, knowing that Western artists have deliberately sought to shock entrenched, mainstream values, did this work of art succeed in doing so?

ART ASSIGNMENT The controversial painting entitled Holy Virgin Mary by Chris Ofili, exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999, was called blasphemous and caused demonstrations for its removal. Knowing that Western artists have deliberately sought to shock entrenched, mainstream values, did this work of art succeed in doing so? Why or why not? What other […]

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