Unlike the appropriative methods of Picasso, José Bedia's primalist process involves direct sacrifice, a giving back, and the nurturing of trust and friendship with native artists and philosophers.
As director of the US Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow penned this article in our Winter 1962 issue on the virtues of presenting American culture abroad.
Serrano's "Piss Christ" caused a scandal in 1989 when it was attacked by U.S. congressmen and religious leaders. The criticism missed the work's spiritual ambivalence.