A controversial artist who planned to allow three piglets to starve as part of an exhibition to raise awareness of the mass meat production processes has had to close the show after the animals were stolen.
This stunt reminds me of the show Bellas Artes that’s about a museum director struggling to cope with his new job.
In the third episode, an artist sets up an installation that uses a large, dead marine animal as a centerpiece to draw attention to the broader ecological neglect. The kicker is that not only is the animal quickly rotting, causing a huge commotion with the press and setting people on edge, but a large part of the intended artwork is the shit show that followed and anticipated as much. The artist wanted the whale to rot and stink up the place, to close the museum and for the media to have a field day. All the artist’s actions and intentions had led to this museum director’s epiphany of what the piece was really about.
And that’s precisely how I feel about this. People arguing about how the piglets were “left to starve” are missing the point. Stealing them is also part of the show.
That’s my take, too. I’m not a huge fan of shock art, but it’s a great way of getting a message across and get a discussion started that changes the way people think.
His friend being involved in the supposed theft without telling him is, I think quite clearly a sign that this was set up. Rarer than artists doing stuff for sick value is people breaking into a museum.
This stunt reminds me of the show Bellas Artes that’s about a museum director struggling to cope with his new job.
In the third episode, an artist sets up an installation that uses a large, dead marine animal as a centerpiece to draw attention to the broader ecological neglect. The kicker is that not only is the animal quickly rotting, causing a huge commotion with the press and setting people on edge, but a large part of the intended artwork is the shit show that followed and anticipated as much. The artist wanted the whale to rot and stink up the place, to close the museum and for the media to have a field day. All the artist’s actions and intentions had led to this museum director’s epiphany of what the piece was really about.
And that’s precisely how I feel about this. People arguing about how the piglets were “left to starve” are missing the point. Stealing them is also part of the show.
That’s my take, too. I’m not a huge fan of shock art, but it’s a great way of getting a message across and get a discussion started that changes the way people think.
His friend being involved in the supposed theft without telling him is, I think quite clearly a sign that this was set up. Rarer than artists doing stuff for sick value is people breaking into a museum.