The Holy Virgin Mary
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title:
The Holy Virgin Mary
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The Holy Virgin Mary is a mixed media painting created by Chris Ofili in 1996 that utilizes elephant dung and pornographic images. It was one of the works included in the Sensation exhibition in London, Berlin and New York in 1997–2000. The subject of the work, and its execution, caused considerable controversy in New York, with Rudolph Giuliani – then Mayor of New York City – describing Ofili's work as "sick". In 1998, Ofili was the first black artist to be awarded the Turner Prize. The paintin
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description:
Painting by Chris Ofili
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Virgin_Mary
date created:
2007-08-28T11:20:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:49:11Z
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