Blood Cross

{{Short description|Photograph by Andres Serrano}}

{{Distinguish|Bloody Cross}}

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| artist = Andres Serrano

| year = {{start date|1985}}

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| movement = Postmodernism

| subject = Plexiglass cross filled with cow's blood

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Blood Cross is one of American photographer Andres Serrano{{'}}s early religious-themed postmodernist images, released in 1985, two years before the controversial Piss Christ was debuted. This image depicted a plexiglass cross filled with cow's blood; the cross leaked slightly making it appear as though it was bleeding.{{Cite book| publisher = New York Media, LLC| last = LLC| first = New York Media| title = New York Magazine| date = 1995-02-27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOMCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA118}} It was exhibited along with Milk, Blood as part of Serrano's Fluids series.{{Cite book| publisher = Psychology Press| isbn = 978-0-415-30184-8| last = Young| first = Alison| title = Judging the Image: Art, Value, Law| date = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZZaFE7zyRwC&pg=PA29}}

In 1999, a print of Blood Cross fetched £17,825 at auction, considerably higher than the original estimate of £5,000–8,000.{{Cite web| title = Andres Serrano (B. 1950), Blood Cross| accessdate = 2018-07-26| url = https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=1478104}}