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Dying As Art?

Filed under: Wacky, Tacky & True

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Artist Gregor Schneider has German politicians and art curators up in arms, according to reports.

He's been actively searching for a terminally ill person to feature in his new exhibit.

The volunteer would spend his/her dying hours in an art gallery so the public can 'admire' the way some light plays on the flesh of a person gasping for the last breath.

Just like Abortion Girl's 'art' - we think that Schneider's death exhibit is just plain WRONG!!

An influential German gallery owner Beatrix Kalwa spoke for many German curators who rule out the idea of giving space to Schneider’s exhibit.

She says, “Existential matters like death, birth or the act of reproduction do not belong in a museum. There is a fundamental difference between portraying these acts in an art form, and showing them in actuality.”

Well, we would be okay with seeing people having sex in a museum!

[Image via timesonline.co.uk.]



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  1. Jewface says – reply to this
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    Woo…

  2. Brooke says – reply to this
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    1st

  3. tara says – reply to this
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    this is weirdd…

  4. daisy says – reply to this
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    sounds weird to me

  5. Tara says – reply to this
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    Ummm….Odd?

  6. alex c says – reply to this
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    PEREZ CHECK YOUR E-MAIL! I sent you something like this about a dog spending it's death in an art gallery as an exhibit!

  7. smoxy says – reply to this
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    i love sex.

  8. Hmmmmmmmm says – reply to this
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    Im dying to see his work.

  9. liv says – reply to this
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    that should not be allowed

  10. siksick says – reply to this
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    FIRST!

  11. fghfg says – reply to this
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    madonnas new album sucks!!!!!!! her voice is sooooo weak,.. 4 min is the only good song

  12. JESSICA says – reply to this
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    30TH!

  13. Rebecca says – reply to this
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    Dude this is BuLLCRAP! these people just want their names in the papers, and its pissing me off! LiKE WTF, your not an artist, you are not creating this DEATH, the person is already dying, maybe it could be considered GODS ART, hes the creater, the one who is chosing these people to die, and yet, you'd have to be really religious to believe that! DeaTh is not an art, its sad, and its just ridiculous that these stupid EFs think that its okay to do shit like this and CALL it art. Well i create ART every day in the effing toilet then! A BIG HUGE PILE OF SHIT! thats ART! I CREATED IT EVEN!!!! FUCKERS!

  14. d. says – reply to this
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    gross

  15. Separated at Brith says – reply to this
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    This dude looks like Spencer from the Hills. Just a tad bit more pasty.

  16. fghfg says – reply to this
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    madonnas new album sucks!!!!!!! her voice is sooooo weak,.. 4 min is the only good songg

  17. Britt says – reply to this
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    i hope he finds someone with lung cancer so smokers can see what their fate is like. having seen my mom go through it, i want others to avoid that at all costs.

  18. gross!!!! says – reply to this
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    What a MORBID motherfucker!!!
    Bet he fucks dead bodys too!!! :|

  19. holly says – reply to this
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    is it really wrong tho?

  20. carly says – reply to this
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    gross…

  21. Rebecca says – reply to this
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    PS!!!!
    Why dont they do something, like KILL Themselves and display it as ART then? Cuz at least it would be an act UPON THEM SELVES instead of someone elses life. I've seen someone dying before, LIGHT ON THEIR SKIN? WTF, can we find out if this dumb fuck has even seen someone dye before….or can we find out if he killed small animals as a child?

  22. Jules says – reply to this
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    I dont see why people get upset over this thing. It is controversial and they want all the banter, but that doesn't mean it isn't really an art.

  23. monica says – reply to this
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    I think this is a great idea

  24. Brittany says – reply to this
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    i hope he finds someone with lung cancer so smokers can see what their fate looks like. having gone through that with my mom, i don't wish that on anyone.

  25. monica says – reply to this
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    Let's not give these creepy assholes anymore attention.

  26. douchenozzle says – reply to this
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    Art, schmart. Pass the bong.

  27. ?? says – reply to this
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    Re: Britt – Would you have allowed your mother to be the model?

  28. JESSICA says – reply to this
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    100TH!

  29. erin says – reply to this
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    creep

  30. Alex says – reply to this
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    Whoah!

  31. ich says – reply to this
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    most of us are totally against it. its just really weird

  32. Jennifer says – reply to this
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    FIRST!!!!!

  33. Miss Beverly says – reply to this
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    Is that Spencer Pratt's german cousin??

  34. Sara says – reply to this
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    That's…creepy and disrespectful towards the person and their family.

  35. BB says – reply to this
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    5th?

  36. Jennifer says – reply to this
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    FIRST!

  37. Cath says – reply to this
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    This is like the dog being starved for art in the DC– that needs to be broadcasted on this site b/c they're trying to do it again, and PETA NEEDS to get involved with this one instead of trying to throw red paint on Anna Wintour (as amusing as that is)

  38. mjn says – reply to this
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    Well, Beatrix put it so right..wish I had those words when commenting on Abortion girl….not everything needs to be actualized to be discussed. And PEREZ..be careful what ya wish for…..seeing sex in action is only good if the participants fit your fantasy fix! Well said, nuff this!

  39. Angie says – reply to this
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    What is going on in this world? What happened to good old days when art was paintings, sculptures, poetry …? Have people lost their minds and morals completely? And to think I am only 22. I'll be witnessing a lot of weirder stuff for decades to come. Sucks.

  40. ELIAS "TH3 FLY3ST" says – reply to this
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    What is the world coming to ugh! this is sickening…….!

  41. jojo says – reply to this
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    #1 they've don the sex thing in a museum and #2 this is sick, and its sad that people can't find anything better to do

  42. Tina Lee says – reply to this
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    Nothing is sacred. death and reproduction should remain a mystery. Art helps up to understand and cope with this mystery. by portraying this mystery to viewers in its real state is not Art, it is shock. shocking people…yawn….yawn it's a cop out to shock people. Artists should stop taking the easy way by giving it to viewers in such a real way. let us work a little and try to come up with our own visions of how we can perceive such haunting of life's reality such as death and reproduction–abortion.

  43. ash says – reply to this
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    Re: Jennifer

    hahahahaha

  44. BRING ON DALLAS says – reply to this
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    GO SHARKS.

  45. Carrie says – reply to this
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    While I don't necessarily agree with this, at least this "exhibit" features someone who volunteered to be viewed. Not an innocent child that had the bad fortune of being conceived by someone that views murder as an artform.

  46. pizza boy he delivers says – reply to this
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0^0^0^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    WHO GIVES A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THIS STUFF?

    GET A REAL JOB, MAN.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0^0^0^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  47. damned says – reply to this
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    dood that is sick!

  48. Marcia says – reply to this
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    I thought Abortion girl was crazy!!

  49. dark dark world says – reply to this
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    ok, i'm going to get deep on u lot for a sec.

    i believe artist are people who reflect the world as they see through their work. be it literature, sculptures or paintings etc

    back in the day, artists portrayed women such as the mona lisa as beautiful, elegant etc.

    however, now we're seeing art that is dark and disturbing. self proclaimed artists are exhibiting death and depression and mental illnesses. i think this is saying something about the current state of affairs and we should sit up and listen. i 100% disagree with the latest 'art' proposals but we should notice that the world is generally depressed.

    thats it.

  50. LuLU says – reply to this
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    creepy!
    whats wrong with people these days!

  51. cyn says – reply to this
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    you should not give this guy any play.
    shame on u perez.

  52. wigglypop says – reply to this
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    that is just sick

  53. Leo says – reply to this
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    calm the fuck down.

  54. katrina says – reply to this
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    This is like the "artist" Guillermo Vargas Habacuc. He took a dog from the street, he tied him to a rope in an art gallery, and is starving him to death.
    For several days, the "artist" and the visitors of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until eventually he died.

    What is wrong with these people??????????????

    This is not art!!!!!!!!!

    You should post about this too……. everyone needs to be aware of how sick this guy is. This needs to stop.

  55. manders says – reply to this
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    Re: alex c

    OMG, I saw that petition to stop that man who has the dying dog in his gallery. He ties the dog up and lets it starve to death while people walk by and say it's art. ANd no one in the gallery does anything to stop it. We have to stop this!

  56. DH says – reply to this
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    What the FUCK is with all these art students?!
    They need to figure out what the definition of art is?! This is just ridiculous!!! In no way do I find this to be art! It's just morbid!

  57. mia says – reply to this
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    well the person would be a volunteer, so it's hardly 'sick'. death is a part of life. death happens just as birth does. calm down people and open your mind a little.

  58. HELEN says – reply to this
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  60. perezisafucktard says – reply to this
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    this is not analogous to abortion girl at all.

  61. Mary says – reply to this
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    If someone consents then it's no big deal, the person is going to die anyway. It wouldn't be something I want to see but you can't ban something just because you don't agree with it. As long as it's not actually hurting the person and not contributing to their suffering or death then fuck it. That other thing where the guy starved the dog, that's fucked because he could have easily prevented that dogs death.

  62. HELEN says – reply to this
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    AND AS FOR THAT SKINNY DOG….FUCKING GENIOUS…LOVE IT!!!!!!!
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  63. does this look infected says – reply to this
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    Any discussion of art leaves out that your average Joe doesn't have any interest in it.
    Art is for elitist ivy league wannabes, their parents and their peers.
    Art is meaningless to the masses.
    "Please buy my painting done in blood and feces. It's only $8000."

  64. HELEN says – reply to this
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    AND AS FOR THAT SKINNY DOG….FUCKING GENIOUS…LOVE IT!!!!!!!
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  65. Living as Art says – reply to this
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    Museum exhibits for the Reality TV crowd. Count me in.

  66. HELEN says – reply to this
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  67. amie says – reply to this
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    WHAT THE FUCKKK HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?!?!?!?!?!!? I thought drawing, painting, writing and things of that nature were art?!?!?!

  68. sarah says – reply to this
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    eww. That is just sick! What kind of a person comes up with ideas like that!?

  69. sara says – reply to this
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    he looks just like spencer Pratt!!

  70. hartwel says – reply to this
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    THIS IS NOT ART!!! This is like that guy who let a dog starve to death in South America… God. These people are trying to make a commentary about ANYTHING!!! It's maddening and weird. What's next, someone shitting on a dog and taking pictures of it and calling it art? Seriously.

  71. What a dickweed says – reply to this
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    He should be dumped in a field in Iraq and left for dead, just like that other piece of shit "artist" that thinks it's "art" for people to watch a poor dog chained to a wall starve to death. What is wrong with these people?? THAT SHIT ISN'T ART, IT'S INHUMANE!!!

  72. :) says – reply to this
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    What the fuckkk?
    This shit is gross.
    Since when is watching someone die fucking art?

  73. HELEN = SICKO says – reply to this
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    HELEN IS A SICKO AND NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION. NOBODY PAY ATTENTION TO HER DISGUSTING RANTS.

    PEREZ CAN YOU BAN THIS HELEN DOUCHE FROM YOUR PAGE?? THIS IS JUST DISTURBING….

  74. paint a freekin picture says – reply to this
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    What is with them? How about a nice still life without dead heads. SHEESH

  75. justsayin' says – reply to this
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    The artists who have come before such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Rothko, Warhol, Manet… etc. etc. etc. actually constructed images that are eternal and lead the viewer to an emotional epiphany. These conceptual artists you have been featuring come across to me the same as shockjocks. Audiences today have such short attention spans that yes, it may work initially to shock them but, ultimately the concept will evaporate into thin air and the audience will move on. We'll hopefully always have those very real paintings from very real artists hanging in the MET though.

  76. Caron says – reply to this
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    Fucked up in sooo many ways!

  77. k...... says – reply to this
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    i agree with the art gallery owner.. that is not art it is exploitation……

  78. Jackie says – reply to this
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    This is the sickest thing I have ever heard. How would he feel if his mother was on display. If this is what this worls is comming to with art, I dont want anything to do with it. THIS IS SICK!

  79. frida kahlo posers says – reply to this
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    Look this artist up. She has been there and done that.
    These people are just trying to have shock value. Art these days has really gone down, with the overproduced pop music to the digital art age.

  80. jesSICKa says – reply to this
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    Re: Rebecca – Just like with some fuck in Mexico or wherever. He took a starving dog off of the streets and tied it up in an art gallery and exhibited the dog starving to death. Fuck these ass holes. If I saw them on the street I'd spit ion their faces.

  81. Kyle says – reply to this
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    I"ll say it again…this world is F'd UP!!!

  82. VADRE says – reply to this
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    Is this the same guy who did this to a dog??

  83. ???WTF says – reply to this
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    art? ones perception of art has become so warped and enigmatic. to display a dying person? what is the subject? perhaps the art of death? or perhaps the art of suffering. in any case one who thinks either should be dabbled with or put on public display is over compensating for their lack of both artistic ability and originality.