And, even after the news reported on this (one station even going so far as to tell people going into the exhibit), people still went in.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow that's messed up. I remember hearing a story on NPR that there were > several similar exhibits circling the global. Its the morbid curiosity thing > I guess. > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Martin Baxter > <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> It's like the Bodies exhibition that's here at the High in Atlanta. It ran >> here for two years straight before it left (scheduled to go for three >> months), and it's since returned, into its second year now, if memory >> serves. As adverted, it's a collection of cadavers from China. The Chinese >> Guv'mint, kind souls that they are, basically appropriated the bodies from >> morgues without any permissions from family members, some of whom were about >> to bury their loved ones. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Quite a while back, I saw an art exhibit in San Francisco that was done >>> by a French artist that used cadavers as a medium. His work was possibly the >>> most controversial in the world next to Mapplethorpe at the time. (the >>> exhibit was a focus on controversial art.) Although his work was very >>> similar to what the Nazis did during WW2. >>> >>> Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, he has >>> influenced other folks to do similar work. Its all extremely creepy. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Martin Baxter >>> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To quote LL Cool H, "Ehhhh... I don't think so." >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Body Art: Creations Made of Human Flesh, Blood & >>>>> Bones<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/WebUrbanist/%7E3/myhFZu_FJc8/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> >>>>> >>>>> Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT >>>>> [ By Steph <http://weburbanist.com/steph> in Graffiti & >>>>> Drawing<http://weburbanist.com/category/graffiti/> >>>>> , Urban Images <http://weburbanist.com/category/images/>. ] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What could be more personal and human than a cast of your head – made >>>>> from your own frozen blood? The human body has been used as a canvas for >>>>> all >>>>> sorts of art, but perhaps more interesting and rare is the use of human >>>>> body >>>>> parts as artistic media, from sculptures made of hair, bones and >>>>> fingernail >>>>> parings to plasticized corpses in dynamic poses. These 12 artists have >>>>> made >>>>> human body art that is often controversial and sometimes surprisingly >>>>> poignant. >>>>> Marc Quinn >>>>> >>>>> (images via: art news >>>>> blog<http://www.artnewsblog.com/2008/10/marc-quinns-gold-kate-moss-and-blood.htm> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> If you’re going to do a self-portrait, why not go all out and make a >>>>> sculpture out of your own frozen blood? That’s what sculptor Marc Quinn >>>>> has >>>>> done – every five years since 1991 – using a mold of his head and a >>>>> whopping >>>>> 9.5 pints of blood drawn over a period of five months. Quinn’s 2006 >>>>> version >>>>> of ‘Self’ was purchased by the UK’s National Portrait Gallery for over >>>>> $465,000. >>>>> Andrew Krasnow >>>>> >>>>> (images via: the >>>>> independent<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/body-art-literally-1690128.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> It’s been called horrific and gruesome, but is Andrew Krasnow’s >>>>> controversial skin art really a sensitive reflection on human cruelty? The >>>>> artist creates flags, lampshades, boots and other everyday items from the >>>>> skin of people who donated their bodies to medical >>>>> science<http://weburbanist.com/science>. >>>>> Krasnow says that each piece is a statement on America’s ethics. “The >>>>> objective was to express my concerns about the war and that it would not >>>>> be >>>>> conducted in a way that was moral and ethical,” he said. “Since that >>>>> question wasn’t permitted in a museum, the work became more complex, with >>>>> all the inherent contradictions of what it means to be an American or, for >>>>> that matter, to be human.” >>>>> Gunther Von Hagens >>>>> >>>>> (images via: body worlds <http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html>) >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps no artist using actual human flesh as his chosen medium has >>>>> gained such renown as Gunther Von Hagens, the man behind the “Body Worlds” >>>>> exhibition of plasticized human corpses. But for all the outcry regarding >>>>> Von Hagens’ supposedly “disrespectful” usage of human bodies, there’s just >>>>> as much fascination. Von Hagens invented plastination, the method of >>>>> replacing water and fat in human tissue with certain plastics, preserving >>>>> them for study. >>>>> Francois Robert >>>>> >>>>> (images via: francois >>>>> robert<http://francoisrobertphotography.com/#/portfolio/fine_art/stop_the_violence> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> Francois Robert’s fascination with human bones started with an unusual >>>>> discovery<http://www.designobserver.com/observatory/entry.html?entry=12617>: >>>>> an articulated human skeleton hidden inside a presumably empty locker that >>>>> he purchased. Realizing the potential for artistic expression, Robert >>>>> traded >>>>> in the wired skeleton for a disarticulated one so that he could arrange >>>>> the >>>>> parts into shapes and designs. Since then, he has created a haunting photo >>>>> series called ‘Stop the Violence’ that uses the stark-white bones on a >>>>> black >>>>> background to illuminate the inhumanity of war. >>>>> Anthony-Noel Kelly >>>>> >>>>> (images via: anthony-noelkelly.com) >>>>> >>>>> British artist Anthony-Noel >>>>> Kelly<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony-Noel_Kelly> followed >>>>> in the footsteps of many artists before him, including Michelangelo, when >>>>> he >>>>> closely studied human body parts for his work. But unlike those artists, >>>>> Kelly illegally smuggled human remains from the Royal College of Surgeons >>>>> and used them to cast sculptures in plaster and silver paint. Kelly was >>>>> found guilty of this unusual crime in 1998 and spend nine months in jail. >>>>> The sculptures can still be seen on his website, anthony-noelkelly.com >>>>> . >>>>> Kai-hung Fung >>>>> >>>>> (images via: the daily >>>>> mail<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208473/Real-parts-human-body-transferred-masterpieces-CT-scan.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> CT scans are typically only interesting to health care practitioners >>>>> and the patients whose bodies they portray on film, but artist Kai-hung >>>>> Fung >>>>> manipulates them into stunning artistic images. Lungs, arteries, vocal >>>>> chords and ear canals are just a few of the body parts that Fung – a >>>>> radiologist himself – has scanned into a computer, intensifying the color >>>>> but otherwise not manipulating them in any way. >>>>> Linda Jones >>>>> >>>>> (images via: wcax <http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11409831>) >>>>> >>>>> How would you feel if a relative of yours took bits of your hair, >>>>> stitches from an injury, even catheters and other medical equipment and >>>>> used >>>>> it to build a creepy “family photo album?” Artist Linda Jones of Vermont >>>>> turned such objects into an exhibition at Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery, >>>>> shaping layers of wax, x-rays, teeth and even bits of flesh into abstract >>>>> art. Of the show’s content and theme, gallery Curator Chris Thompson >>>>> remarked, “Why do we simultaneously want to preserve life, modify our >>>>> bodies, extend life, but at the same time, find the actual act of it very >>>>> disturbing?” >>>>> Tim Hawkinson >>>>> >>>>> (images via: flying out of this >>>>> world<http://flyingoutofthisworld.blogspot.com/2008/01/tim-hawkinsons-bird-skeleton-made-from.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> Tiny and delicate, almost diaphanous, this little bird skeleton at >>>>> first seems remarkable simply because it is so well preserved despite the >>>>> fragility of bird bones. But those aren’t bones at all – they’re the >>>>> fingernail clippings of the artist, Tim Hawkinson, carefully arranged into >>>>> the 2-inch-tall sculpture. >>>>> Wieki Somers >>>>> >>>>> (images via: herald >>>>> sun<http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/dutch-artist-wieki-somers-uses-human-ashes-to-create-3d-sculptures/story-e6frf7lf-1225884402767> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> Seemingly carved from concrete, the sculptures of Wieki >>>>> Somers<http://www.wiekisomers.com/> look >>>>> weighty and hyper-realistic despite their lack of color. But these >>>>> everyday >>>>> objects, placed on beds of what looks like sand, are more organic than >>>>> they >>>>> appear – they’re made from human ashes. Somers uses donated remains and a >>>>> 3D >>>>> industrial printer to create art that questions our attachment to >>>>> inanimate >>>>> objects. “We may offer Grandpa a second life as a useful rocking chair or >>>>> even as a vacuum cleaner or a toaster,” she told the Herald Sun. “Would we >>>>> then become more attached to these products?” >>>>> Kim Do >>>>> >>>>> (images via: oddity >>>>> central<http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/dress-made-from-one-million-meters-of-human-hair-showcased-in-vietnam.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> You (probably) don’t mind wearing a sweater made from the wool of a >>>>> sheep, so why not wear a dress made from human hair? Kim Do of Vietnam >>>>> created this bizarre masterpiece from 1 million meters of human hair >>>>> gathered from 54 different people, dyed and sewn together, with lighter >>>>> brown hair creating the shape of a dragon on the front. It even comes >>>>> with a >>>>> matching hat, perched on the model’s head like a matted bouffant. >>>>> Huang Xin >>>>> >>>>> (images via: the >>>>> telegraph<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6583278/Obama-mania-in-China-Doughbama-Obamao-and-a-sculpture-of-Barack-Obama-made-of-human-hair.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> If a dress made from human hair wasn’t quite strange enough, another >>>>> artist paid tribute to U.S. President Barack Obama with a sculpture made >>>>> from – yes – hair. Hairdresser Huang Xin celebrated Obama’s visit to China >>>>> by molding a mini hairy Obama sculpture using hot glue and tons of dyed >>>>> hair. >>>>> Kittiwat Unarrom >>>>> >>>>> (images via: >>>>> inventorspot<http://inventorspot.com/articles/body_bread_13546?page=1> >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> The lone mention on this list that isn’t made from actual human body >>>>> parts gains a spot merely because the realism of this work is so shocking. >>>>> Thai artist Kittiwat Unarrom has disgusted and intrigued many a passer-by >>>>> with his “human body parts” on display, butcher-style, hanging from hooks >>>>> and laid out like choice cuts of meat. The thing is, Unarrom’s works >>>>> aren’t >>>>> actually the spoils of a serial killer, or garnered from human donors. >>>>> They’re actually made from bread, but you would never guess by looking at >>>>> it >>>>> – which is why they make such great gag gifts. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
