Body fluids in art
Occasionally in art, artists use body fluids as a medium in their art. Examples include:
| Artist | Title | Year | Description | Urine | Blood | Vomit | Semen | Other | Notes |
| Andy Warhol | Oxidations series | 1977 | Invited friends to urinate onto a canvas of metallic copper pigments, so that the uric acid would oxidize into abstract patterns. | ||||||
| Elito Circa | Love and Life artwork series, A Thousand and One Lives and Pacquiao Hearted Fist, Duterte in the Center of the Triangle. | 1982 | He incorporates some strands of his hairs in his painting and signing his drawing using his own blood to authenticate the artworks and later explore and experiment it as a medium in paintings. | Human Hair | |||||
| Andres Serrano | Piss Christ and various other works | 1987 | Piss Christ, a controversial photograph of a crucifix submerged in urine Various other photos featuring the use of urine, feces, blood, semen and human milk | Human milk | |||||
| Marc Quinn | Self | 1991, recast 1996 | A frozen cast of the artist's head made entirely of his own blood | ||||||
| Helen Chadwick | Piss Flowers | 1991–92 | Twelve white-enameled bronzes cast from cavities made by urinating in snow | ||||||
| Hermann Nitsch | Das Orgien Mysterien Theater | 1962-1998 | Uses urine, feces, blood and more in their ritual performances | ||||||
| Marcel Duchamp | Paysage fautif | 1946 | |||||||
| Stelarc and Nina Sellars | Blender | 2005-2016 | The artists mixed their lipids inside a sealed, air-powered machine. | Lipids | |||||
| Gu Wenda | Oedipus Refound | 1989 | Various fluids | ||||||
| Judy Chicago | Menstruation Bathroom | 1972 | Used tampons displayed in a garbage can. |
Criticism and difficulties
Depicting objects of popular respect in art which includes body fluids can trigger public protests due to such material's historic association with dirtiness. The outcry about the Piss Christ photo is an example.In addition to the obvious difficulties of preserving perishable material, there can be regulations complicating transport by rail, truck, or aircraft of liquid body fluids due to the fluids' possible classification as dangerous goods.
The sale of blood art via eBay is prohibited as eBay prohibits the sale of body parts, and classifies blood art as falling under this heading.