Art that shocks

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:07:57

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This sculpture titled "Self," by the artist Marc Quinn, is kept in a refrigerated container because it is made of the artist's frozen blood.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:08:13

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Chris Ofili's work "The Holy Virgin Mary" was part of the "Sensation" exhibit in New York in 1999. The work shows an African Virgin Mary covered with elephant dung. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the painting was offensive and filed suit to get the museum's lease revoked after it refused to remove the painting. A federal judge sided with the museum.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:08:31

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"Madame X" by American artist John Singer Sargent caused a scandal when it was shown in Paris in 1884. Sargent was accused of painting the woman in a sexually suggestive pose.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:08:53

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Renee Cox posed nude as Jesus for her work "Yo Mama's Last Supper." When it was included in an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2001, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani called for "decency standards" for artworks at publicly funded museums.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:09:13

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Garden gnomes with their right arms raised in a Hitler salute are the work of German artist Ottmar Hoerl, who installed them as part of an exhibition in the main square of Straubing, Germany, in October 2009. The exhibit was highly controversial because Nazi salutes and symbols have been illegal in Germany since the end of World War II.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:09:36

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The "Kill Your Politician" exhibit, staged at a gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2009, included portraits of all 200 members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. Viewers were allowed to shoot the politicians they disliked.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:09:52

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An art installation called "Old Persons Home" by Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu includes figures dressed like world leaders sitting in electric wheelchairs that roll around, randomly hitting each other. The artists are known for using materials such as human fat in their works.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:10:09

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"Western Christian Civilization," by Argentine artist Leon Ferrari, shows Christ mounted on an American fighter jet.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:10:24

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Artist Al Greenall takes delivery of one of the 100 model pigs that were placed on the streets of Bath, England, for six months in 2008 as part of a project to commemorate the city's founding father who, according to legend, discovered its healing springs with his herd of pigs 3,000 years ago. Some officials objected to the exhibit, saying it trivialized Bath's historic locations and harmed its status as a World Heritage City.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-6-13 17:10:40

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"Body Worlds," by German scientist Gunther von Hagens, is comprised of "plastinated" human bodies. Von Hagens, who developed the preservation technique, says the exhibit is meant to teach people about the skeletal and cardiovascular systems and the treatment of diseases.

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