Wednesday 12 November 2008, 18.30–20.00

Celebrated artist Andres Serrano became the centre of controversy in 1989 for Piss Christ, a graphic image that combined Catholic iconography and body fluids. The scandal that this work - alongside Mapplethorpe's homo erotic imagery - provoked, resulted in major funding cuts by the US National Endowment of the Arts.

Subsequently, Serrano developed an interesting body of work as a conceptual photographer turning his lens to disturbing issues by means of an elegant style, devoided of direct political messages.

Focusing on his recent work, this conversation with Artist, art historian and critic Lucy Soutter, will explore Serrano's unique conceptual approach to photographic portraiture, where the sitter becomes a symbolic icon.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£10 (£8 concessions), booking required