Damien Herst forces us to look death in the eye with his art piece from 1991, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. Simply put, the discomforting piece consists of a fourteen foot tiger shark stationed in a large tank of formaldehyde. To the eye, it
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Damien Hirst is a famous English artist and art collector. He was one of the young British Artists that took over the art scene in the United Kingdom during the 1990’s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom’s richest living artist, with his wealth estimated to be around $384 million according
Have you ever seen a video of an elephant painting on social media? Recently, there are many videos trending on social media platforms such as Tik Tok that demonstrate the skills that elephants possess, allowing them to create art equivalent to that of a toddler. Elephants are known to have
As kids, we grow up fearing sharks, but who is more in danger? After watching movies like Jaws and The Meg, humans are trained to think that sharks are at the top of the food chain, but one delicacy in China has completely changed the species. Since the 14th Century,
The infamous meat dress that was worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Awards is an outfit that will be talked about for centuries to come. It was a statement piece no one was expecting yet it left an impression either positive or negative on every person. It was
In 2000, there was an exhibition called ‘Helena’ created by Marco Evaristti. This exhibition put ten functioning blenders on the table, and each blender containing a live goldfish. The blenders were plugged in and if anyone press the yellow button, the goldfish will die. Therefore, people will decide the lives
In the year 2017, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City released several art pieces in an exhibit called, “Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World.” Made by Alexander Monroe, the Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art, along with Hou Hanru and Phillip Tinariin, the purpose
In a lot of ways, art is meant to provoke the audience, to call attention to underlying issues, and to blur the line between the socially acceptable and the socially condemnable. However, there are many instances in which the artist takes extremist measures in the development of their art, leading
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s video, “Dogs That Cannot Touch Each Other,” was scheduled to be displayed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in October 2017. The seven minute video depicts eight American pit bulls harnessed to eight treadmills. The treadmills are operating at a fast speed and people
The Guggenheim Museum is facing a lot of flak lately. They reason behind this is because they are holding an exhibit with dogs. These dogs are faced towards each other and are running on a treadmill. Even though the museum states that it is intentionally challenging animal activist are not