Thread: Is This Art?
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Old 07-06-2004, 03:16 AM   #14 (permalink)
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it was a huge debate here in germany (Gunther von Hagens, the creator, is german) if it is OK to present real dead bodies in such a way.
http://www.cologne-in.de/aktuell/koe...er_frontal.jpg

Personally I think it is OK, if the person allowed it. But there were also some rumors that von hagens used execution victims from china....

I also think that art is in the eye of the beholder, so if you see something "arty" in those bodies it is art, for you.
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