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In1987, Andres Serrano, age 37, was a New York City artist shifting from working at an ad agency to doing fine art. He had the idea to photograph plastic statues in a Plexiglas tank he’d filled with his urine. Serrano was interested in extreme physical experiences. His art might’ve picked up from his drug addiction of the 1970s. He’d worked as a drug dealer and went to art school, then taught himself photography. Getting the bubbles just right was a real trick, but a series, titled Immersion, was his first inspired work. One image stood out. He titled it Piss Christ.