I then looked at Chris Ofili, who did not use animals within his art but animal feces, elephant feces to be precise, which again in this day and age is hardly shocking. He made it shocking by using it within a piece of art also featuring the virgin mary, he claimed to “bridge the sacred and the profane ” (ww.tate.org.uk/whats/on/tate-britain)
The work was called sick, even though no harm came to any animal.
This is what interested me, he managed to shock using animal materials, and yet no animals were harmed, but he still gained the exposure he wanted.
