Comments on: Art: Naked Woman to Hug a Dead Pig for 4 Hours

By: hln

hln — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:03:14 +0000

Brain muddled - that last comment should have been "hugging a live pig."

hln

By: hln

hln — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:02:26 +0000

I think PETA would have proffered the same quote if Ms. O'Reilly were hugging a dead pig. And I thought treehuggers were bad.

hln

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:39:55 +0000

I don't mind they dead pig. I don't mind the naked woman. I don't even mind calling this art (certainly something for each individual to decide). What does rankle is that it is government funded as opposed to he being able to support her definition of art by sales (including the 'big sale' to a patron). Now this is funded by taxpayers other than me, but I will declare international solidarity with my fellow tax payer class. The government should get out of the art business and let the merits for the art allow it to rise or fall on its own.

By: Taking Aim

Taking Aim — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:57:08 +0000

[...] I tend towards thinking it’s all about the self-publicity myself. But then I’m somewhat cynical. Steve at Outside the Beltway seems to think much the same. He has, however, put his thinking cap on and come up with a suggestion as to how Kira could really learn how to identifying with the dead pig: My first thought upon reading that was, “Wouldn’t she identify better with the pig if she were butchered in a similar manner?” Now that would be an example of one willing to go the distance for one’s art. [...]

By: stevesh

stevesh — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:20:32 +0000

Go back to the linked story. Directly under the the artist's picture (Is the Goose next?) is a link for a feature titled, "Flight 93 "shot down."

Some nauseating git named Rowland Morgan is selling a book and the article is an adaptation. I wonder if the Daily Mail is connected with the publisher.

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:53:44 +0000

I'm glad my artist friends are relatively well-adjusted...

Ok, this is just weird, although I have to give the “artist” props for originality, even if it strikes me as some sort of bizarre attempt at borderline necrophilia-slash-bestiality. Then again, maybe I don’t....

By: McGehee

McGehee — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:50:59 +0000

Better still, punish the politicians who decided artists need to be funded by taxpayers.

(Cue the cry of "censorship" in three... two ...)

By: lily

lily — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:11:43 +0000

Please don't punish artists for the wasted money! Punish the bureaucrat who decided to fund this artist rather than a genuinely talented one.

By: ob1

ob1 — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:01:09 +0000

A perfect example of why governments should not pay to support "artists". I wonder how much she is getting paid.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:21:12 +0000

A bloated dead pig would help her neurosis. :)

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:57:36 +0000

However, she refuses to date me. I am ... crushed.

By: Patrick McGuire

Patrick McGuire — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:55:32 +0000

A naked artist and a dead pig! How are you supposed to tell them apart?

By: Patti

Patti — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:51:40 +0000

I remember when you used to be able to expect an artist to be able to draw...