Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary"

YALE DAILY NEWS
March 29, 2011

NEW JERSEY - Some artists are known for their use of watercolor, others are famous for their acrylic pieces. British painter Chris Ofili, meanwhile, is renowned for using a different artistic material: elephant dung. Ofili, famous for his use of elephant dung on his paintings, gave a lecture in room 206 of the Sculpture Building at 36 Edgewood Ave. Monday night. Indeed, his works broach subjects ranging from hypersexuality, as in “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy,” to issues of religious skepticism, as in “The Holy Virgin Mary.” [link]

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Grateful for the Ofili traffic to the site, even though this is old, old news. Hopefully you folks visiting will decide to hang around. There's much more to see than elephant dung virgins.

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