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The State of French Art: Crapping Inside a Dead Bear
Militarily and industrially, France has been rotted by moonbattery nearly to the point of uselessness. But at least it still produces great art. Or maybe not:
A French artist has begun an artistic performance that will see him spend 13 days living inside a hollowed-out bear.
Abraham Poincheval first performed Dans La Peau de l’Ours – Inside the Skin of the Bear – at the CAIRN Centre for Contemporary Art in Digne last year.
He is now reprising the piece at the Hunting and Wildlife Museum in Paris, where he will remain until 13 April. …
The performance piece will see him eat, drink, sleep and relieve himself within a man-made chamber, housed within the sterilised carcass of a bear, while being filmed by two cameras.
According to a press release, this “artwork” actually has meaning:
“For him this act signifies a rebirth, a rite of passage, to pass from the world of the dead to that of the living.”
You probably need a PhD in art appreciation to grasp the full significance.
It has been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp bought a urinal from a company specializing in plumbing fixtures and presented it as art, to the eventual awed approval of critics. Since then others have followed the trail he blazed straight down the pipes.
Before a culture can produce anything of value, first it has to rid itself of moonbattery, so that it can believe in itself.
Abraham-Poincheval-bear
http://moonbattery.com/graphics/Abraham-Poincheval-bear.jpg
Poincheval climbs into his new abode.
Militarily and industrially, France has been rotted by moonbattery nearly to the point of uselessness. But at least it still produces great art. Or maybe not:
A French artist has begun an artistic performance that will see him spend 13 days living inside a hollowed-out bear.
Abraham Poincheval first performed Dans La Peau de l’Ours – Inside the Skin of the Bear – at the CAIRN Centre for Contemporary Art in Digne last year.
He is now reprising the piece at the Hunting and Wildlife Museum in Paris, where he will remain until 13 April. …
The performance piece will see him eat, drink, sleep and relieve himself within a man-made chamber, housed within the sterilised carcass of a bear, while being filmed by two cameras.
According to a press release, this “artwork” actually has meaning:
“For him this act signifies a rebirth, a rite of passage, to pass from the world of the dead to that of the living.”
You probably need a PhD in art appreciation to grasp the full significance.
It has been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp bought a urinal from a company specializing in plumbing fixtures and presented it as art, to the eventual awed approval of critics. Since then others have followed the trail he blazed straight down the pipes.
Before a culture can produce anything of value, first it has to rid itself of moonbattery, so that it can believe in itself.
Abraham-Poincheval-bear
http://moonbattery.com/graphics/Abraham-Poincheval-bear.jpg
Poincheval climbs into his new abode.
