==> Although the following artistic strategy _may_ be read as a veiled,
or even unconscious, statement of a direct relationship between
capital accumulation and sin, I wouldn't bet a small pizza on it.
In the real world of old imperial churches Christianity and capitalism
are Siamese twins, joined at the money belt.
valis
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Thursday April 30 11:26 AM EDT
School under fire for dead-fish art
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., April 30 (UPI) _ A Detroit-area arts school
and its museum are under fire for a student's exhibit that uses the
slow deaths of 1,500 goldfish in small bowls to make a statement about
sin and Christianity.
A spokesman for the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where goldfish
expressionist Kun-Ah Yoon is a graduate student, says critics won't
stop the exhibit.
Spokesman Ray Carson says today, ``Part of the art is the dialogue
generated by the art.''
But Carson acknowledges Yoon's work ``certainly has solicited a lot of
reaction'' and notes ``most of the calls have been critical.''
The artist is allowing the fish to suffocate over three weeks. About
two-thirds of the fish have died since the Cranbrook student art show
opened two weeks ago. The rest are expected to expire before the show
ends next week.
In Yoon's piece, fish swim in individual, clear bowls closely mounted
beneath a see-through floor. The word ``sin'' has been written on
another floor beneath the small bowls. Museum-goers walk above the
fish and ``sin.''
As fish die, water in each bowl gets cloudy and slowly obscures the
word ``sin.'' The fish represent Jesus.
Carson says the 27-year-old Yoon is working toward a Master of Fine
Arts degree. He says the school ``gives artists a lot of freedom.
They're adults. We don't condone the content of exhibits, but it's not
our policy to censor it.''
Copyright 1998 by United Press International.
