swiss-italian artist Gianni Motti claims he has produced this piece of soap using liposuctioned fat stemming from silvio berlusconi’s recent beauty operations.
he calls the piece Mani pulite.
brilliant on so many levels!
it will get shown at this years art in basel [15. - 20. june].
missie w. invite me, please?
[via weltwoche offline and captains' log online]
Tags: art (76), basel (3), berlusconi (2), fair, motti, switzerland (192)
Suzanne 12:23:16 on 11.6.2005 Permalink
Awww… I’d love to – but I’m not even sure whether I’ll find the time myself to go. I have 2 presentations next week. However, I already promised to show Alexander Demko (owner of Artfira) around Basel so maybe we could arrange a date that fits everyone’s plans. I’ll keep you informed on that. Oh, and if I go, I’ll only go to LISTE 05 and not to ART itself. It deserved to be fucking boycotted. Hmmmpf.
zup[ping]er 12:59:07 on 11.6.2005 Permalink
no, but of course it deserves to be boycotted. but that soap. i need to steal that bar of soap.
Chris 15:46:45 on 11.6.2005 Permalink
And if you had it, what would you be doing with it? Hu?
zup[ping]er 16:19:59 on 11.6.2005 Permalink
i dunno… damn i did not think this through, huh. okay, i revise my earlier statement. i dont want to steal it after all.
Hannes 20:43:10 on 11.6.2005 Permalink
Brilliant indeed – I do hope the Artcast duo (see http://artcast.twoday.net/stories/755853/) actually manage to go interview the artist, promises to be coolish.
Hannes Gassert - ArtCast - "a podcast in a cultural context and with cultural content" 00:39:05 on 14.6.2005 Permalink
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