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05-01-2004, 11:30 AM | #1 |
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5/1/2004: Skin gun
No, it's art: the above gun is made out of skin wrapped over a gun-shaped frame. But not just any skin; it's the human skin of the actual artist, Dutch woman Joanneke Meester. Actual skin, from her abdomen, taken under general anesthesia: a flap of 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and four centimeters (1.6 inches) high. "It took me about an hour to make (the pistol) and at a certain point the edge started drying up and you could see a little blood on the skin, congealed," she said. "If everyone made a pistol from their own skin, I think they would think twice about using a gun. I think there would be less violence in the world," she said. "But it's not that easy. Violence will always exist." full story |
05-01-2004, 11:42 AM | #2 |
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She had the skin removed under general anethesia.
That is NOT suffering for her art. Back in MY day ... she woulda flayed her own flesh with a rusty safety razor blade, photographed the whole event, and made a gallery show of it. At least she could have made an actual size gun, instead of a crude looking Barbie gun.
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05-01-2004, 11:43 AM | #3 |
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That is FUCKING GROSS!!!!!
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05-01-2004, 11:45 AM | #4 | |
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05-01-2004, 11:52 AM | #5 |
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what the fuck, I don't get her point. If I made a pistol out of my own skin I'd be asking wolf to take me in for a while.
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05-01-2004, 12:09 PM | #6 |
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Here in Pennsylvania I can do that without your asking ... and for that kind of behavior, too (some states won't commit on self-mutilation).
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05-01-2004, 01:06 PM | #7 |
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Oops oops oops I was wrong wolf, it was done under a local.
Still, your point stands |
05-01-2004, 01:09 PM | #8 |
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It's hard to imagine what kind of crap you'd have to come up with, not to qualify as "art".
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05-01-2004, 01:11 PM | #9 |
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She should have spent a little time in the sun first.... that's one pastey gun.
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05-01-2004, 04:40 PM | #11 |
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Maybe we could convince her to sculpt one out of her grey matter. She doesn't appear to be using it anyway.
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05-01-2004, 07:53 PM | #13 |
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So...........what happens next ? I get some bad visions involving tabasco sauce and a hot frying pan.
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05-01-2004, 08:47 PM | #15 |
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Nice one, ItrouReor!!
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