A controversial artist known for an infamous picture — Piss Christ, which glowingly captures Jesus on the cross in a tank of urine — Andres Serrano is already an art-world superstar. But now he wants to make his mark in the realm of rock music.
Approaching the age of 60 and feeling that he's done everything he wanted to do as a visual artist, Serrano is fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a singer in a rock band via a masked alter ego named Brutus Faust. His debut album, Vengeance Is Mine, which was produced by Blow Up Hollywood's Steve Messina, features five original songs and eight heartfelt covers that pay homage to the vocal styles of legends Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, as well as the offbeat musical poet Malcolm McLaren.
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Coinciding with the European release of graphic novelist and filmmaker Joann Sfar's biopic Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque), Fifty One Fine Art Photography in Belgium chose to celebrate its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of photographs of the chain-smoking, serious-drinking, and wildly womanizing Serge Gainsbourg. In the pictures and film, the man behind the ultimate love song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus," goes from ravishing young dude to helpless old drunk — a tragic tale of life in the fast lane during rebellious times.
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