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Old 06-01-2009, 12:25 AM   #1
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June 1, 2009: Skin Art

Andrew Krasnow makes skin art.
No, not tattoos, not body painting, art made of human skin.
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Using skins from white men who donated their bodies to medical science, he has created freak versions
of mundane items including flags, boots and maps of America – in effect using skin like leather.
His work, he says, is a commentary on human cruelty and America's ethics and morality.


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Not surprisingly, the work attracts controversy.
The only time it has been shown before in Britain, late last year, it was by appointment only.
Now the gallery has been licensed by the UK's Human Tissue Authority to display a complete exhibition.
He even created a new piece for this UK show... a defaced $10 bill.

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Gallery owner Robert Devcic said Krasnow uses only white skin because much of the suffering in the Americas
has been caused by white people. "He uses skin to make the point that suffering is universal," he said.
"It is tanned using the same process that you'd use for an animal skin."

Martin Kemp, emeritus professor of art history at Oxford University, said Krasnow was not trying to be sensationalist.
"He has not overtly pushed the sense of spectacle or sensation, unlike, say, Damien Hirst," he said.
"He is working with deep and disturbing resonances. As an artist, he is pretty much out there on his own."
Yeah, I think he's deeply disturbed.

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Old 06-01-2009, 12:50 AM   #2
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is it science? No? They why the fuck is he allowed o play with it?
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Old 06-01-2009, 01:57 AM   #3
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a defaced $10 bill.
Oh no you didn't!!!!!!


Monster: yup. If I leave my body to science, it is for science. This is art (maybe), but not science. He can only use the skin of people who have left their body to ART.

Also, he needs some remedial logic, Just like Chavez.

"Most suffering was caused by white people", even if true, does NOT entail "most white people cause suffering".

Compare, "most murderers are right-handed" and "most right-handers are murderers".

Racist twerp.
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Old 06-01-2009, 04:14 AM   #4
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Looking at his skin map, there is a hole around where Idaho should be.
Is this because he used the wrong part of a body for tanning?
Is he making a statement about Idaho?
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Old 06-01-2009, 04:34 AM   #5
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Old 06-01-2009, 04:48 AM   #6
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Glad to see he got dressed up, shaved, combed his hair etc for his exposition.
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Old 06-01-2009, 04:50 AM   #7
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What a lewser..
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Old 06-01-2009, 06:28 AM   #8
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Looking at his skin map, there is a hole around where Idaho should be.
Is this because he used the wrong part of a body for tanning?
Is he making a statement about Idaho?
Think how Florida feels.
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Old 06-01-2009, 07:05 AM   #9
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Despicable. Tasteless. Disrespectful.

What a schmooz.
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Old 06-01-2009, 07:37 AM   #10
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This really pisses me off. If somebody donates their body to science, how the hell did this guy get his hands on their body parts? This will cause people to be less likely to donate their body to science in the future, and body donations are needed for science.
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Old 06-01-2009, 07:56 AM   #11
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What does it matter, they're dead. Garbage. Refuse. Worm-food.

Heck, I'll donate my body to art. They could probably upholster a whole sofa using my hide...
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Old 06-01-2009, 07:58 AM   #12
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Think how Florida feels.


So ... fold along the Mississippi, insert flap F into hole I, and the good ole USA can at last go #&%$ itself!
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Old 06-01-2009, 08:19 AM   #13
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He puts the lotion on his skin...
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Old 06-01-2009, 08:48 AM   #14
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You know, it's one thing to make art out of skin. But that map is deplorable; it has only the barest resemblance to the right shape. My kids could make a skin-map better than that one.
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So ... fold along the Mississippi, insert flap F into hole I, and the good ole USA can at last go #&%$ itself!
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...1ODDegypt.html

Maybe this is where Florida came from.
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