Comments on: Meat art show

By: The Lizardman

The Lizardman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@ 22 Meat isn’t on deck, Meat Joy took place in 1964, it is already long past its moment as a shock element. IMO, it wasn’t really a shock element back then either. You seem overly dismissive. There is a lot of talent on display in many of these works.

By: marchorowitz

marchorowitz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i made a spoof drawing of the meat suit guy (Zang Huan) for a show I had at Nuke Gallery called “At Least You Don’t Have It This Bad” – see it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/marchorowitz/2094688488/in/set-72157603400038388/ – chuckles and things!

By: anthony

anthony — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah. Sometimes controversy is a result of being brilliant, not the sole aim of an artistic endeavor.

By: Talia

Talia — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh good, so now animals die not to even provide nourishment for people, but to be made into art.

*sigh*

Morally I kinda find this th equivalent of hunters who chop off deer heads and stick em on the wall, even tho the artists aren’t doing the killing themselves.

By: Chas44

Chas44 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

OK, um, EWWWW.

By: artmuller2003

artmuller2003 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

event homepage: http://www.artistpaintingonline.com.com This is an artshow

By: Antinous

Antinous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

obliv1on,

Please stop linking to your blog. You can put the link on your profile page.

By: Antinous

Antinous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I clicked the link and there was a pair of skinned nuts hanging on a hook. Don’t say that you haven’t been warned.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

there is no moral problem of waste if they used condemned meat.

By: jahknow

jahknow — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Brave Clarice. You will let me know when those lambs stop screaming, won’t you?”

By: johnnyuber

johnnyuber — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This post brings me back to the old days before the first bubble ….

http://hatsofmeat.com/

By: ill lich

ill lich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Patron: “I very much like this piece here, and would like to purchase it. . . how much is it?”

Artist: “A pound of flesh.”

By: Hawkman

Hawkman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The chant is; Grill Baby Grill!

By: JNINLA

JNINLA — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well that stretched my boundaries.

By: kaosmonkey

kaosmonkey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Zhang Huan…It’s what’s for dinner.

By: Evan Rappaport

Evan Rappaport — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Meat is just the next shock art element to grab attention. Sex and religion have already been spent of their shock value. Meat is on deck. Actually since Damien Hirst, the biggest proponent of shock over quality has been using meat for years so really even meat is probably already passe’. Controversy is easy, talent takes work.

By: The Lizardman

The Lizardman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I always loved Carollee Schneeman’s Meat Joy. It is great to see it have continued life some 44 years later.

For those complaining on the basis of the animals, they were already dead and butchered. Stopping art like this isn’t going to save a single creature, in fact pieces like this will generally only go to further the idea of not slaughtering animals if only by making meat less appetizing to some.

By: BBNinja

BBNinja — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Pic reminds me of Carl from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie after he got his skin ripped off and Dr. Wierd stole his muscles.

By: Bugs

Bugs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Does anyone else feel the urge to unleash a few hungry wolves nearby and see what happens?

By: obliv1on

obliv1on — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m all for the wolves and it’s not nearly as impressive as this feat.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Major ‘Invader Zim’ vibes there.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Zhang Huan’s work is amazing! I just caught his work at the Vancouver Art Gallery last month and on top of the meatsuit, he does these amazing busts of monks out of ash. It was really incredible.

By: mouthyb

mouthyb — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

But properly done controversy is quite a bit more difficult than just mechanical talent. You got to work hard to be controversial and talented.

*thibbbbtt* (sticks out tongue)

Don’t assume that shock and confrontation are not a result of talent.

By: mdh

mdh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Is that a Space Suit??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Heather Weathers got there first:

See “Sweet Meat” at:

http://heatherweathers.com/video.html

http://heatherweathers.com/TP_SMreview.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

although wasteful, this art could be seen as a protest of the overly-carnivorous industrial food culture. I find this interesting and measurably less wasteful than operating one fast-food restaurant for one day.

By: GeekMan

GeekMan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I saw photo exhibit of works by Zang Huan (pictured above) at the Vancouver Art Gallery last month. I have to admit that I felt the “Meatsuit” was one of the highlights. :-)