Piss and Light

<ol><li data-list=ordered><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>This book reprints the critical essays of esteemed art historian Baruch D. Kirschenbaum (1931-2024) who taught art history at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1962 to 2001 including terms as head of the Art History department and chair/dean of the Liberal Arts division. Essays cover Andres Serrano's controversial Piss Christ; the police raid and obscenity trial of the 1978 exhibit Private Parts; the purpose of art school humanities; primitivism and contemporary art; the role of art museums; a film documenting an art auction; the photographic works of Doug Prince; and <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Michelangelo's drawings for Cavaliere. Elizabeth G. Grossman provides contextualizing commentary for each essay as well as for </span>Kirschenbaum's acclaimed book on Jan Steen plus <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>biographical background for the author</span>.</li></ol>