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For his series titled America, Serrano did just that: photographing people he thought represented America after 9/11. The series induded portraits of an airline pilot, soldiers, firefighters, celebrities, chil- dren on welfare, a pimp, and even a Klu Klux Klan leader. "I don't judge," says Serrano of his portrait subjects, "I just try to make them look good." No stranger to vandals and critics, Serrano is used to defend- ing his work, telling the French newspaper Liberation that he has no sympathy for the blasphemous, and that his work has been consistently misinterpreted. When I ask Serrano if he is a devout Christian, he replies with "Being a Catholic is like being an artist. If you say you're a good artist or a good Christian, then you are." Raised Catholic, Serrano said he stopped practicing after his confirmation when he was 12. "I stopped going to church and stopped thinking about it until I got into my 30s, when Christianity was showing up everywhere in my work," says Ser- rano, now 62 years old. "I'm not an anti-Christian bigot:' he says, "I want the pope to recognize that I am good Christian, to embrace me as a religious artist-I want to work with him. Call me the Caravaggio of my time." Pointing to a photograph he took of what look like silhouettes of the Virgin Mary and Christ, Serrano states "This should go to the Vatican." A native New Yorker, Serrano was raised in Brooklyn in the 50s where he studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. He purchased the apartment he currently shares with his wife, artist Irina Movmyga, about 10 years ago and has no intention of go- ing anywhere. "Leaving New York is not even an option," says Serrano, "I've been to a lot of places, but I am rooted here." I met Serrano just days before he embarked on his trip to Cuba for the Havana Biennial. Though he'd never been to Cuba, Ser- rano's mother grew up on the island before she moved to New York in the 40s. Having learned Spanish from his mother, Serrano says he feels Cuban and is visibly excited for the upcoming trip, though he generally doesn't like to travel unless it is for work Serrano donated seven works to the Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art, which organized the Biennale, and gave a lecture while in Cuba. When I met with Serrano, he was still going over the logistics of his trip, making sure every- thing was in order; "I want to go the right way: through New York, and with a Visa," says Serrano, who says he is also ask- saw in the executive suite of the historic Hotel Nacional :t "I want my name on the same list as Frank Sinatra Monroe. I'm not going as a tourist. I'm going as —2.drin," • DANIELLE LEVITT dm/ EFTA01117781