London, UK: Fecal Art Exhibition

Guess NooNoo and Mags will be giving this one a miss?

CBC --Fecal art: Artist exhibits slabs of human excrement at London gallery

"LONDON - An artist is inviting Londoners to come face-to-face with the wretched labour of one of India's lowest castes - by filling an art gallery with 21 big blocks of human excrement."

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21 MÓDULOS ANTROPOMÉTRICOS DE MATERIA FECAL HUMANA CONSTRUIDOS POR LA GENTE DE SULABH INTERNATIONAL, INDIA

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Hell yah... I have enough excrement experience having raised 4 kids.

That could be a punster's field-day couldn't it? :)

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Originally Posted by Platypus

That could be a punster's field-day couldn't it? :)

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No sh1t!

Well I didn't want to poo-pooh the concept, but it's a whole load of cr... umm...

Trying to imagine the mindset that would consider this "ART"
Be afraid
Be very very afraid

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

No sh1t!

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Au contraire!

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Is it just me or is everyone talking SH1T in here?

Upon further thought I think this art stinks.

That looks sh1tty [pun intended]

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Originally Posted by Niclo Iste

Upon further thought I think this art stinks.

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I second that thought:thumbs:

It once was said that Art is in the Eye of the Beholder. Then someone said, 'I don't know much about art, BUT I know what I like.'

This kind of 'shock-the-senses' art has been offered up for many years in the West. It's like the current spate of 'America's Next Talentless Politician' type shows - meaningless and trite, but the modern Western youth population seems to want this kind of entertainment.

Bread and Circusses.

In fact one could say that it goes way beyond being arty-farty.


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Was that a Bun Pun?

[quote=houseisland]In fact one could say that it goes way beyond being arty-farty.
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You mean artsy-fartsy....

Either way, that artist must be bricking it....

Yes. And he is probably the butt of many a joke.

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Regardless i'm sure he's the type who'd just turn the other cheek

Call me strange, but I look at that this exhibition and see the huge amount of human living it represents; the hours of toil to produce the food, the shared companionship of family meals. Isn't this a metaphor for all of human existence?

Mostly, I wonder who collected the material and made the blocks. See also: I don't think they could pay me enough.

does it cost fecal to get in?