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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (686388)11/28/2012 6:13:02 PM
From: longnshort1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583681
 
The piece was a winner of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art's "Awards in the Visual Arts" competition, [1] which was sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a United States Government agency that offers support and funding for artistic projects.

The piece caused a scandal when it was exhibited in 1989, with detractors, including United States Senators Al D'Amato and Jesse Helms, outraged that Serrano received $15,000 for the work, part of it from the taxpayer-funded National Endowment for the Arts.