Thursday, May 7, 2009

Crossing the Fine Line

Reference: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090507/entertainment/entertainment_germany_ethics_exhibition_people

I feel, there exists a fine line between what can be called art and what not. To me, anything that makes you want to throw up, cannot be art.

Although I can understand that to a scientist or a biologist or a medical student, an opened up real human body might be beautiful. However, I feel that kind of appreciation of beauty by a scientist must be accompanied by respect and reverence towards the creator etc... Otherwise it borders on perversion.

It seems as though something in these brains that create such “art” must be a tad askew!

I have always heard about Body Works – the exhibition by Gunther von Hagens – and every time I tried to make up my mind to go see it, simply out of curiosity, my mind has discouraged me to do so.

I am simply not into dead bodies, I guess.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Slideshow of the photos:
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Mrinal said...

So true swapnali, right now its running like 3rd time in Singapore, and I still can not make myself to get up and go.

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