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Chris Ofili

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Turner Prize-winning British painter whose 'The Holy Virgin Mary', incorporating elephant dung and collage, triggered a 1999 funding battle when New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani tried to defund the Brooklyn Museum over its 'Sensation' exhibition.

#censorship#religion#brooklyn#turner-prize
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British
Born
1968
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