On My Recent research for another class I found out about an artist who particularly intrigued me I would like to introduce to you Chris Ofili:
The English born artist has made quite a name for himself. One of he thing that I find most interesting is that he is famously known for using elephant dung in his works…slotting him perfecting into point 8 of a creative personality “Creative people are thought to be rebellious and independent (in the sense that some artist can bend the rules when necessary and their expression can be interpreted as rebellious‘). To be rebellious in the practice of their chosen they need to belong to the domain and understand the rules first to be able to experiment.” For using elephant poo (haha poo) he has attracted a lot of negative attention but in my eyes those people are prudes and need to open their eyes and see the beauty he can create with such a repulsive medium.
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Made from stretcher bar paper collage, oil paint, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen in 1996. Ofili was bought up in Britain but took a six-week visit to Zimbabwe which strongly as influenced his work. He himself has said “My Project is not a PC project…It allows you to laugh about issues that are potentially serious”.
Which brings me to another one of his works I would like to show you, this being one of his most controversial, with the New York mayor describing it as “sick” and Canberra refusing to show it (more bloody prudes)
Another Piece of art featuring elephant poo, porno cut outs of bottoms and the last most controversial thing about this fine, ironic piece of art is its name “The Holy Virgin Mary” I honestly don’t think your brain is wired right if you can’t giggle or even smirk at this.
I myself praise Ofili for being so rebellious and individual and not only creating beautiful pieces of work but pictures that make you think…maybe we do take things a little too seriously and if it is elephant dung that makes you question that, then so be it. High five to Ofili too for being so inspiring and hilarious at the same time.
REFERENCE:
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). The Creative Personality. Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention (pp. 51-76). New York: HarperCollins.
http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/19534/6081/…/chris–ofili/biography/
klhaless 
That is absolutely amazing haha! I could understand how he would get negative views if it was a canvas with dung just thrown onto it but his work is amazing, its so creative!
Apparently he had to keep doing to the zoo to collect it, so hilarious.