A sculpture made with the pickled head of a dead fetus attached to a seagull's body has fueled a furor in Switzerland about the boundaries of art.
Berne's Museum of Fine Arts removed the piece from a Chinese art exhibition earlier this month after a complaint that it was disrespectful to the dead, and following concerns its grisly appearance might traumatize visiting schoolchildren.
The piece, named Ruan, stole headlines in Swiss newspapers when artist Xiao Yu confirmed that the fetus head was real.
Berne's Museum of Fine Arts removed the piece from a Chinese art exhibition earlier this month after a complaint that it was disrespectful to the dead, and following concerns its grisly appearance might traumatize visiting schoolchildren.
The piece, named Ruan, stole headlines in Swiss newspapers when artist Xiao Yu confirmed that the fetus head was real.
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devi:
A little TOO ironic.. (yeah I really do think)
fenchurch:
That seagull looks like a chicken. A chicken with a tail.