Taboo and art

Many contemporary artists deal with, or have been known to have taboo images and ideas including:

• Matthew Barney
• Andres Serrano
• Maurizio Cattelan
• Damien Hirst
• Lennie Lee
• Joel-Peter Witkin
• Bill Viola
• Seth Putnam
• Richard Pryor
• Pedro Almodóvar
• Luis Buñuel
• Derek Jarman
• Tom Green
• George Carlin
• Herschell Gordon Lewis
• Richard Kern
• Lou Reed
• Kurt Cobain
• Marilyn Manson
• H. R. Giger
• Jock Sturges

See also

• Abomination
• Bias
• Censorship
• Deviance
• Etiquette
• Faux pas
• Halal and Kosher (Kashrut)
• Menstrual taboo
• Morality
• Mother-in-law languages
• Natural law
• Naming taboo in imperial China
• Political correctness
• Prejudice
• Prohibition
• Public morality
• Religious tolerance
• Sacred
• Scottish pork taboo
• Social stigma
• Taboo food and drink