In 1996, British artist Chris Ofili premiered his painting of the Virgin Mary composed through liberal use of elephant dung and pornographic images amongst other quirky ingredients. The ‘edginess’ of the work – aided in no small part by outpourings of anger from Christians, seemed to appeal to the Arts establishment and it was displayed at top galleries in London, Berlin, New York and even Hobart before fetching $4.6
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