Anthony Petro

Anthony Petro

Boston University

History of Religion and Visual Studies

Statement: Anthony Petro is interested in the role of religious iconography in contemporary American art. Why has religious imagery proved so powerful for artists working with themes of gender and sexuality, artists often attacked as 'anti-religious'? And how have culture wars debates over this work shaped contemporary habits of seeing the sacred and the profane?

apetro@ias.edu

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