5/1/2004: Skin gun
 

http://cellar.org/2004/skingun.jpg

No, it's art: the above gun is made out of skin wrapped over a gun-shaped frame.

But not just any skin; it's the human skin of the actual artist, Dutch woman Joanneke Meester. Actual skin, from her abdomen, taken under general anesthesia: a flap of 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and four centimeters (1.6 inches) high.

"It took me about an hour to make (the pistol) and at a certain point the edge started drying up and you could see a little blood on the skin, congealed," she said.

"If everyone made a pistol from their own skin, I think they would think twice about using a gun. I think there would be less violence in the world," she said. "But it's not that easy. Violence will always exist."

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She had the skin removed under general anethesia.

That is NOT suffering for her art.

Back in MY day ... she woulda flayed her own flesh with a rusty safety razor blade, photographed the whole event, and made a gallery show of it.

At least she could have made an actual size gun, instead of a crude looking Barbie gun.

That is FUCKING GROSS!!!!!
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My sentiments exactly.

what the fuck, I don't get her point. If I made a pistol out of my own skin I'd be asking wolf to take me in for a while.

Here in Pennsylvania I can do that without your asking ... and for that kind of behavior, too (some states won't commit on self-mutilation).

Oops oops oops I was wrong wolf, it was done under a local.

Still, your point stands

It's hard to imagine what kind of crap you'd have to come up with, not to qualify as "art".
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She should have spent a little time in the sun first.... that's one pastey gun.

Something crappier than crap I guess.

Maybe we could convince her to sculpt one out of her grey matter. She doesn't appear to be using it anyway.

So...........what happens next ? I get some bad visions involving tabasco sauce and a hot frying pan.

And so ItrouReor makes a spectacular entrance, and Perth pukes.

Welcome to the Cellar, ItrouReor. :)

http://www.barks.org/misc/rotflmao.gif Nice one, ItrouReor!!

Hahaha. Good show ItrouReor! Welcome to the cellar.