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   xoxoxoBruce  Wednesday Sep 9 12:26 AM

Sept 9, 2009: Heaven Of Delight

Heaven Of Delight, believe it or not, is the name of this ceiling.
The ceiling is in the Royal Palace, in Brussels.



Pretty spiffy room, and that ceiling ain't no home depot wallpaper, it was done with...



Yes, it took the artist Jan Fabre, and a team of around 30 people, 4 months to glue
1.6 million beetle shells to the ceiling.

A dropped ceiling would have been a whole lot cheaper.

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ZenGum  Wednesday Sep 9 12:35 AM

... but delight is hangin from deceiling on dechain...


Scriveyn  Wednesday Sep 9 03:29 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
... but delight is hangin from deceiling on dechain...
COL
chuckle out loud

SPUCK  Wednesday Sep 9 06:08 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
... but delight is hangin from deceiling on dechain...
Five stars!


Yes the last Jewel Beetle went into that..


Aways nice when some artist kills thousands of some animal.
"But it's art!"




Now Mediterranean fruit flies, or apple maggots? Yes!

Just call Mr. Double Standard.

Sheldonrs  Wednesday Sep 9 07:29 AM

Imagine what would happen if the Orkin Man walked in.


capnhowdy  Wednesday Sep 9 07:53 AM

I would think that eventually people will start finding little beetle bits in their drinks.
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Shawnee123  Wednesday Sep 9 12:45 PM

Now we know how many bugs it takes to fill The Brussels Palace.


Cloud  Wednesday Sep 9 01:58 PM

Quote:
Jan Fabre, a man renowned for working with strange media including blood, sperm and all manner of insects
sperm? You can make art with sperm? (other than creating a person)

Pie  Wednesday Sep 9 02:10 PM

What do you think Monica....

Oh, nevermind.


Undertoad  Wednesday Sep 9 02:11 PM

If you follow the Jackson Pollock school of abstract expressionism? It's sort of like that, a spatter and drip method.


Shawnee123  Wednesday Sep 9 02:24 PM

Jack the Dripper.


wolf  Wednesday Sep 9 03:03 PM

I don't want to be there the day that the glue fails.


Gravdigr  Wednesday Sep 9 05:31 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
A dropped ceiling would have been a whole lot cheaper.
And much more American. Why make it beautiful when you you can make it cheap?

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