An artist named Yu Buk had an art exhibit in a museum in South Korea that consisted of live goldfish starving to death in sealed intravenous bags hanging from the ceiling. There were 15 IV bags with one live, starving, cramped goldfish in each. One third of them starved to death before patrons of the gallery and animal rights advocates complained and demanded the tortured fish display be taken down. The gallery obliged and were able to save some of the fish.
The artist was apparently annoyed about it and released this statement to The Korea Times newspaper:
"The slow deaths of the goldfish were meant to be a part of my piece. Now that the fish are gone, it lost its meaning as a work of art…”
Asshole.
This artist has also created works by applying adhesive liquids to
surfaces and luring flying insects to it with bright lights, then displaying the dead, stuck bugs and calling it his art.
Asshole.
Is there no limit to what humans will do in the name of entertainment?
Source: artnet.com
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