Funky Find Of The Week: Artist Wim Delvoye's Action Figure!

<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB3qGTXN_I/AAAAAAAATIU/nH-0nEUtOTQ/s1600-h/Picture+3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233314332134553586" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB3qGTXN_I/AAAAAAAATIU/nH-0nEUtOTQ/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />I have blogged, not<a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html"> once</a>, but <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/05/wim-delvoyes-swine-art-own-your-own.html">twice</a> about artist Wim Delvoye (shown above at the exhibition of his action figure). His tattooed pigs and pigskins have always been a hit with my readers and provoke many controversial comments.<br /><br />Well, now I found that there's actually an action figure of the Brussels artist that you can purchase!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB26qc4_RI/AAAAAAAATH8/YMmatxZGWkU/s1600-h/Picture+2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233313517204471058" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB26qc4_RI/AAAAAAAATH8/YMmatxZGWkU/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 206px;" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB22u9X3wI/AAAAAAAATH0/3CbaxlvpjJw/s1600-h/wimdoll.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233313449694977794" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB22u9X3wI/AAAAAAAATH0/3CbaxlvpjJw/s400/wimdoll.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 205px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB6NBxnmCI/AAAAAAAATIs/radzqj20xYs/s1600-h/delvoyew_cloaca_f3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233317131237955618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB6NBxnmCI/AAAAAAAATIs/radzqj20xYs/s400/delvoyew_cloaca_f3.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 514px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB6KI6XjpI/AAAAAAAATIk/KEqYXO6mNKM/s1600-h/delvoyew_cloaca_f2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233317081614093970" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/SKB6KI6XjpI/AAAAAAAATIk/KEqYXO6mNKM/s400/delvoyew_cloaca_f2.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 469px;" /></a><br /><dl><dt>size of figure : 34 x 37 x 15cm | 13.4 x 14.6 x 5.9in</dt><dt>medium : mixed media</dt><dt>edition : limited</dt><dt>description : packed in a Wim Delvoye-box</dt></dl><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWAx2GyBljcvI7-eSeWvY-rrJf46ckGOdEd1OoztyfemafqtkaAGCt8qLlizBQdj6FbrjRWcFevGEU3bFAtUjqJbggDHJ6NvTZmvh-1vNdBUisA0QR8gqNY0lr5g8E49VC9fEJ9pYpUID/s1600-h/489_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233313883270085106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWAx2GyBljcvI7-eSeWvY-rrJf46ckGOdEd1OoztyfemafqtkaAGCt8qLlizBQdj6FbrjRWcFevGEU3bFAtUjqJbggDHJ6NvTZmvh-1vNdBUisA0QR8gqNY0lr5g8E49VC9fEJ9pYpUID/s400/489_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Above: The exhibition of the 'doll' at Fiac in Paris, France, 2007.<br /><br />You can buy it at Galerie Perrotin <a href="http://www.galerieperrotin.com/artiste_.php?id_=7&domaine=shop&&nom_=Wim%20Delvoye&dossier=Wim_Delvoye&photo_=Wim_Delvoye_7.jpg&PHPSESSID=aae4cc798c2acb6a7cc9d04a50dbec1d#height_417">here.</a> Or <a href="http://www.kunstzolder.be/en/node/478/1">here</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-a9g5-HBTUwAh9kvOrSTq6SD9xgxMZXOuUQWzEOmr7o5YqSCXIRSgtMDEyk9IowV17H98i-PEU2FjeDGTRF7WjZZfBsaJiu46IM3jDRvyYHTZF10C4ng2gOO52GebwgYX1awZCFIxRrQ/s1600-h/Picture+4.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233314881272074962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-a9g5-HBTUwAh9kvOrSTq6SD9xgxMZXOuUQWzEOmr7o5YqSCXIRSgtMDEyk9IowV17H98i-PEU2FjeDGTRF7WjZZfBsaJiu46IM3jDRvyYHTZF10C4ng2gOO52GebwgYX1awZCFIxRrQ/s400/Picture+4.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />To see and learn about the artists' tattooed pigs, click <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html">here</a>. And <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/05/wim-delvoyes-swine-art-own-your-own.html">here.</a>

Funky Find Of The Week: Artist Wim Delvoye's Action Figure!

I have blogged, not once , but twice about artist Wim Delvoye (shown above at the exhibition of his action figure). His tattooed pigs and ...

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More Swine Art by Wim Delvoye : Tattooed Pigs & Pigskins (UPDATED PICS)

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fJtjGVg-0on0f6p62SItmUsJXPf6nY67vE1tg5IOCDA5F7wcgycCyBF40L2M0OyfHK3URqGqU_ySL1mpkFrR3QJ4AlDMtSPzGzxHX3_xxqoCshHP5NVZmrpw3b-Q00BQyj5-uaDcPE0/s1600/Picture+32.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499394189694073474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fJtjGVg-0on0f6p62SItmUsJXPf6nY67vE1tg5IOCDA5F7wcgycCyBF40L2M0OyfHK3URqGqU_ySL1mpkFrR3QJ4AlDMtSPzGzxHX3_xxqoCshHP5NVZmrpw3b-Q00BQyj5-uaDcPE0/s400/Picture+32.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 523px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a dead stuffed pig featuring Wim Delvoye's tattoos</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MVCjfPW8Cb-dwECSuLJwo8NqV_3SHvzVdE9fxvQu0ozljwDNfvbHFZEK1WVcANMGlm5SHf8r9yGCjZjbK6sD3Ws_yJQizoPu3fe5Bbu9wrVF6pgCvMt0FvSgfIVCPXae-wwNA9Sx2pM/s1600/wim+tattooing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499393456056447186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MVCjfPW8Cb-dwECSuLJwo8NqV_3SHvzVdE9fxvQu0ozljwDNfvbHFZEK1WVcANMGlm5SHf8r9yGCjZjbK6sD3Ws_yJQizoPu3fe5Bbu9wrVF6pgCvMt0FvSgfIVCPXae-wwNA9Sx2pM/s400/wim+tattooing.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 376px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Artist Wim Delvoye tattooing a live pig</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html">My last post on artist Wim Delvoye</a>, his pig farm and his tattooed pigs has received so much interest - as well as controversy- that I'm sure to stir up the pot by showing you where you can see more of his actual tattooed pigs (in this case, stuffed as opposed to live) as well as his framed tattooed pigskins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiO0j-UqAUJD3nMZF8lnsiikrNfOB5KLUNWvoyc5f0ARHhPDVbQ8aij1wkYGpMG8fMn_Nd3bKsp4KfI0tCk_1JTPydRwYzlGiTHUUyOn5rbW4X9jB_4PqACahvoDVXmoiNlgCq1ty-ZY/s1600/Picture+31.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499393261537960898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiO0j-UqAUJD3nMZF8lnsiikrNfOB5KLUNWvoyc5f0ARHhPDVbQ8aij1wkYGpMG8fMn_Nd3bKsp4KfI0tCk_1JTPydRwYzlGiTHUUyOn5rbW4X9jB_4PqACahvoDVXmoiNlgCq1ty-ZY/s400/Picture+31.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 485px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2bT3AnBvt5Tpli_bIFHzZOvA0e3FQo1YQThJ-BstNfli45oSUrcrAEwwiPm-59-equTRZ5hzmCPiNiHNl180eNiwMKxziYwp80k9uMobz5UJ9XV0VYINvVo1pM3V2CRYpX5onc84GiE/s1600/Picture+30.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499394574413631586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2bT3AnBvt5Tpli_bIFHzZOvA0e3FQo1YQThJ-BstNfli45oSUrcrAEwwiPm-59-equTRZ5hzmCPiNiHNl180eNiwMKxziYwp80k9uMobz5UJ9XV0VYINvVo1pM3V2CRYpX5onc84GiE/s400/Picture+30.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 422px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCPteH_gNpViG0h4MSJW3Mlwxk5OEBRYeqTNztlVnaRuqY9H8bfkpT5zxHAngoGx5qQFQEP_9LmKG2-Q71avX3-lE22zxt3P0yvy-RQpqMWQ6-cWWaBQaTrfHkJ33jzo57GHV50G2B28/s1600/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499394768044199794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvCPteH_gNpViG0h4MSJW3Mlwxk5OEBRYeqTNztlVnaRuqY9H8bfkpT5zxHAngoGx5qQFQEP_9LmKG2-Q71avX3-lE22zxt3P0yvy-RQpqMWQ6-cWWaBQaTrfHkJ33jzo57GHV50G2B28/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 458px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXSvBBNfEHv_qRUHArKsn54JchLvNOKCoUALek4I3cEoiu70vhog3ij6sw7Lib9RH2a8FT7MSJhwtAArZQ34fxLChi6th9lA87FEDSOXqMMx_drLON9wHW7KZCcb9iJNR-u8iN9kBKac/s1600/cinderella.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499393087333886306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXSvBBNfEHv_qRUHArKsn54JchLvNOKCoUALek4I3cEoiu70vhog3ij6sw7Lib9RH2a8FT7MSJhwtAArZQ34fxLChi6th9lA87FEDSOXqMMx_drLON9wHW7KZCcb9iJNR-u8iN9kBKac/s400/cinderella.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 541px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: stuffed tattooed pigs from the exhibit at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin</span></span><br /><br /><br />Animal lovers have made some comments about how cruel it is to ink live pigs, but from what information I have been able to find, it seems that pigs nerve endings are far less sensitive in their skin than our own and tattooing them does not cause pain as it does on human skin.<br /><br />Critics should also know that artist Wim Delvoye is a vegetarian and owns his own pig farm.<br /><br />The tattooed pig skin pieces below are at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho59FtE2wmClYUrghJh4Zc7AyhcX6OBjN-utBr64fAmTW1GVe3QNpvp2q1bNH9ex-szWBYUU4OVi3TCnw0aaIRyWXiD8KGoJ9AJFUJoVFozVT4co8-NwSx_UMiCS9YIb4eRVcx9R2d-Uo/s1600/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499395100247533858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho59FtE2wmClYUrghJh4Zc7AyhcX6OBjN-utBr64fAmTW1GVe3QNpvp2q1bNH9ex-szWBYUU4OVi3TCnw0aaIRyWXiD8KGoJ9AJFUJoVFozVT4co8-NwSx_UMiCS9YIb4eRVcx9R2d-Uo/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 557px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlrriJJINqDMAxjm8qMhg97VKeLMOEvvO-p1KpsUUORRohRwy8cNnk1kOj25zOitnA93sGHO_L8EfDhSC-blhSgpVtxt48EWi2M-rGmag_T7FCRNBtmVUpOofcoocvjQxwkDAYoZ3bqc/s1600/Picture+9.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499395527938346962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlrriJJINqDMAxjm8qMhg97VKeLMOEvvO-p1KpsUUORRohRwy8cNnk1kOj25zOitnA93sGHO_L8EfDhSC-blhSgpVtxt48EWi2M-rGmag_T7FCRNBtmVUpOofcoocvjQxwkDAYoZ3bqc/s400/Picture+9.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 608px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYja3g0xh65l_llxaBfDz5Y6U0UNxUQuCslA9cW3PnepL7PJZv_pAp1ySZ6Vq_R6-3Zr9N3RWOIknBT8jtIU7TjoTDWSN-X-nGFxWyH0hrQBU_WpcW7jfCUkoI6qPZDPT_8Q1bxQnob5Yx/s1600-h/Picture+18.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195923966962074594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYja3g0xh65l_llxaBfDz5Y6U0UNxUQuCslA9cW3PnepL7PJZv_pAp1ySZ6Vq_R6-3Zr9N3RWOIknBT8jtIU7TjoTDWSN-X-nGFxWyH0hrQBU_WpcW7jfCUkoI6qPZDPT_8Q1bxQnob5Yx/s400/Picture+18.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 691px;" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxSQq7_qSpaI0rovZf0toSKI-cc8NuhWDIn-aGR_GqUT6WpYuWh4Mu3BFIGlgjs-T9ZSLaz5uPObrJtzgfKZD_kGS2OgHEzGadBUaEr3zpkuLm_GFhLGozVCXx2EdW0IK-nIvEhXpoF7W/s1600-h/Picture+19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195924250429916146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxSQq7_qSpaI0rovZf0toSKI-cc8NuhWDIn-aGR_GqUT6WpYuWh4Mu3BFIGlgjs-T9ZSLaz5uPObrJtzgfKZD_kGS2OgHEzGadBUaEr3zpkuLm_GFhLGozVCXx2EdW0IK-nIvEhXpoF7W/s400/Picture+19.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 669px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCOE1f3c4e3qTOgOX7odCC_GJdwaXEnwdO_Sa_ztJWA0Vngd7lOnA7QhfY46RBCLD-tJUF2a2kjz2JK1R9CdeomouNdLNS0d1HEJzF-NypklJfFXBfKGnafrJkSw-lJ-By4IG8x3N8dyl/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195924563962528770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCOE1f3c4e3qTOgOX7odCC_GJdwaXEnwdO_Sa_ztJWA0Vngd7lOnA7QhfY46RBCLD-tJUF2a2kjz2JK1R9CdeomouNdLNS0d1HEJzF-NypklJfFXBfKGnafrJkSw-lJ-By4IG8x3N8dyl/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 676px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPexZ8t896eifNGJkWNM5DRNOr5XOt6xnWXOipK2GTt3yrpUya8hOTAX6IKGFkqg6mMrTUHPeMEVSi2GYB2M2Dwn9p5Hy-s_TEOOCP5uqkmI8nN19CcXVGdn1C5Omw7ME0GCF7CfIfo60m/s1600-h/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195925075063637010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPexZ8t896eifNGJkWNM5DRNOr5XOt6xnWXOipK2GTt3yrpUya8hOTAX6IKGFkqg6mMrTUHPeMEVSi2GYB2M2Dwn9p5Hy-s_TEOOCP5uqkmI8nN19CcXVGdn1C5Omw7ME0GCF7CfIfo60m/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 380px;" /></a><br /><br />Tattooing pigs, live on his art farm, or stuffed and on exhibit are just a small part of this Belgian artists' unusual repetoire. <a href="http://www.wimdelvoye.be/">See his site here.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.galerieperrotin.com/artiste-Wim_Delvoye-116.html#">See the skins and stuffed pigs at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin by clicking here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FgMpXL7YU5qrwlsyq4pN6Q2zXd8ibbVVznTdeH1iDONkK1RGbjib0gKVt1vAVgskzuwDgmOKHTgCm23rY_AuCpUQ4vJw8gG39VEFSM9w4sK-9bw3s9opso_ejdjE1jGCrGE8CiHXDMBT/s1600-h/Picture+56.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246253022748841026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FgMpXL7YU5qrwlsyq4pN6Q2zXd8ibbVVznTdeH1iDONkK1RGbjib0gKVt1vAVgskzuwDgmOKHTgCm23rY_AuCpUQ4vJw8gG39VEFSM9w4sK-9bw3s9opso_ejdjE1jGCrGE8CiHXDMBT/s400/Picture+56.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html">See the original post with many pics of tattooed swine as well as an interview with the artist here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BlyjbSUQS6iyD8A1UnI3-i-Zd8rDFA3ZIBOMGNZx5C7Ot-Gqmf90sS1sDVyyKNSY0Q2xfaVpityBzC2rwDdDi_vC2k4ztu69bl5jOyB771t41r7Dtu7RtOu44scdB7SHqxBN5ABUXqrP/s1600-h/Picture+55.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246252639926993714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BlyjbSUQS6iyD8A1UnI3-i-Zd8rDFA3ZIBOMGNZx5C7Ot-Gqmf90sS1sDVyyKNSY0Q2xfaVpityBzC2rwDdDi_vC2k4ztu69bl5jOyB771t41r7Dtu7RtOu44scdB7SHqxBN5ABUXqrP/s400/Picture+55.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 271px;" /></a><br />Now you can get your own <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/08/funky-find-of-week-artist-wim-delvoyes.html">Wim Delvoye Action Figure! Check this out!</a>

More Swine Art by Wim Delvoye : Tattooed Pigs & Pigskins (UPDATED PICS)

above: a dead stuffed pig featuring Wim Delvoye's tattoos Above: Artist Wim Delvoye tattooing a live pig My last post on artist Wim Delv...

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The Mobile Chanel Art Exhibit

<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.truveo.com/truveo_videoWidget.swf?query=id:1733174328" height="110" width="425"></embed><br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_iphI32xEWo"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_iphI32xEWo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About The Show:</span><br /><br />Luxury brand Chanel has launched an exhibition called Mobile Art in Hong Kong's Central district February 26, 2008, which will be travelling around the globe over the next two years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENv7ERqgxkzhHigr_8fh6fM1l3XnMFAU6e0RCvvGLMoSFf9RVWmo_VGUgRTEXpvkfWHLsx-PUcrjdyasv4iRoKZPihhpgDhY-qEgpc53IE5xz3Qp0PwXb5hI4x6RxM6m4QZHFWTh3DauL/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175898469242977922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENv7ERqgxkzhHigr_8fh6fM1l3XnMFAU6e0RCvvGLMoSFf9RVWmo_VGUgRTEXpvkfWHLsx-PUcrjdyasv4iRoKZPihhpgDhY-qEgpc53IE5xz3Qp0PwXb5hI4x6RxM6m4QZHFWTh3DauL/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 404px;" /></a><br />Above: Housed in a futuristic pavilion resembling a spaceship designed by Zaha Hadid, the exhibition shows artist interpretations of the iconic Chanel quilted 2.55 handbag.<br /><br />Artists and photographers such as Araki, Loris Cecchini and Michael Lim will present their work alongside Yoko Ono’s interactive Wish Tree, where you can write down your desires on rice paper. After Hong Kong, the exhibition will move to Tokyo, before hitting New York, London, Moscow and Paris.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About The Concept:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGI9metuRh7SChBKaNx1xkPcrLvzL8y57apTnuE1BbmFO6ebF_BlJaSufYU0if2A3hC6V1vyylbvS8jQw5eUHasQvb_BZLV0Jg8cTV6AKCu5anGL0tq7lX89K-Bh8b4TsH-Nzo6htnT4D/s1600-h/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175908841588997842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGI9metuRh7SChBKaNx1xkPcrLvzL8y57apTnuE1BbmFO6ebF_BlJaSufYU0if2A3hC6V1vyylbvS8jQw5eUHasQvb_BZLV0Jg8cTV6AKCu5anGL0tq7lX89K-Bh8b4TsH-Nzo6htnT4D/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><br />the press release:<br /><blockquote><br />MOBILE ART is a traveling exhibition devised as a three-dimensional film and presented in a futuristic pavilion specially created by the architect Zaha Hadid.<br /><br />The creative concept of MOBILE ART is the result of an aesthetic experiment conducted over the last two years in which the values and visual language of CHANEL confronted those of some twenty contemporary artists from all geographic and generational origins.<br /><br />Invited to visit Mademoiselle Chanel's Parisian apartment, rue Cambon, and the workshops where the CHANEL handbags are made, these artists were given complete freedom to create artworks inspired by the elements that create the identity of CHANEL's emblematic accessory, the quilted bag.<br /><br />All means of expression currently being used in contemporary art will be represented: installation, sculpture, photography, video, sound etc...<br /><br />MOBILE ART is not so much an exhibition to be visited as a landscape to wander through in a completely new way: to experience the artists' installations, visitors equipped with a MP3 player must let themselves be guided mentally and physically by a soundtrack created by the label "Soundwalk" in collaboration with each of the artists. This soundtrack mixes the original music of a diverse range of artists with voice and ambient sound effects.<br /><br />MOBILE ART is above all a new form of artistic expression, an unique experience, combining architecture, art, sound creation and fashion.<br /><br />For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.chanel-mobileart.com/" target="blank"> www.chanel-mobileart.com</a><br /><br />VENUE:<br />Star Ferry Car Park – Central, Hong Kong<br /><br />EXHIBITION PERIOD:<br />27 February – 5 April, 2008<br />(Venue closed on 12 & 13 March)<br /><br />SOUNDWALK:<br />Approximately 35 minutes<br />Available in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French and Korean</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Container (aka The Chanel Pavilion):</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvSgvn3IZAr8b3vi1ra9yw79UNdJQRT32-IFHF4jmiPfxRsbBWeoFDGJVnqStY94CqNFc-hIXHXrom7TBWGRkDIEgLPcRidqtRykDsav806VsX_IAP0wiagoLuCKPZwJwzvWdvOSDzKrS/s1600-h/chanel_pavillion,0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175893749073919538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvSgvn3IZAr8b3vi1ra9yw79UNdJQRT32-IFHF4jmiPfxRsbBWeoFDGJVnqStY94CqNFc-hIXHXrom7TBWGRkDIEgLPcRidqtRykDsav806VsX_IAP0wiagoLuCKPZwJwzvWdvOSDzKrS/s400/chanel_pavillion,0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 360px;" /></a><br /><br />Chanel commissioned around 20 artists, including Yoko Ono and the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, to produce works for the show loosely based on its famous bag.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzW2Ex4kQH1IDJmXPiRhmlr7GLG1q3jA6NwVxrQokfipVJwvtCfDxG-DFJcVVsZ5RTLHfnepkvj9WzJzpKvXJKVTCo-jkV_OPY3vjXtUX_Q5IAeq2SNCgUIS2TGcsjPtGTReVw-Ew55JN/s1600-h/chanel_bags2web,0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175893504260783650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzW2Ex4kQH1IDJmXPiRhmlr7GLG1q3jA6NwVxrQokfipVJwvtCfDxG-DFJcVVsZ5RTLHfnepkvj9WzJzpKvXJKVTCo-jkV_OPY3vjXtUX_Q5IAeq2SNCgUIS2TGcsjPtGTReVw-Ew55JN/s400/chanel_bags2web,0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 547px; height: 365px;" /></a><br /><br />The artists were taken to Coco Chanel's Paris apartment and shown how the bags were made. The resulting works include sound installations, sculpture and video.<br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/08/chanels-new-pavilion-in-venice-zaha.html">The moving art gallery, designed by the award-winning British architect Zaha Hadid</a>, who is designing London's Olympic Aquatics Centre, is currently parked on a rooftop next to Hong Kong's famous harbour.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cOWTcI_CNdy7amRJ9mtL62Bk1tK9YS2IfVABvPS_Wi-e9Or36j14G6N8nrBAScRywlkzK4mty6NJeqBMNkCmfhYAYHdXNcwXYi5WPaGKXpdUXz8icKN0h0heGxGnO_I90VFxabGMSdGu/s1600-h/2312983982_60464df570.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175903206591905458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cOWTcI_CNdy7amRJ9mtL62Bk1tK9YS2IfVABvPS_Wi-e9Or36j14G6N8nrBAScRywlkzK4mty6NJeqBMNkCmfhYAYHdXNcwXYi5WPaGKXpdUXz8icKN0h0heGxGnO_I90VFxabGMSdGu/s400/2312983982_60464df570.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng8a3ytaO7Zdyz2okpw24LdZSL2jAcCG_8T9rC-Y-IvsoMPPCMd39caH4UJhYsRAJ7TiqrrrRS8jHtFNNl7SD_m8MJ-lswletl4SNlTV8H7WYXyS3zln8ZDIh9SZwk_jZ-kbYBuKB1ddl/s1600-h/2297808739_1f9cc30bd0_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175897975321738866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjng8a3ytaO7Zdyz2okpw24LdZSL2jAcCG_8T9rC-Y-IvsoMPPCMd39caH4UJhYsRAJ7TiqrrrRS8jHtFNNl7SD_m8MJ-lswletl4SNlTV8H7WYXyS3zln8ZDIh9SZwk_jZ-kbYBuKB1ddl/s400/2297808739_1f9cc30bd0_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><br />But it will be painstakingly taken apart and rebuilt in a few weeks' time, when the exhibition, which ends April 5, moves to Tokyo on the second leg of a two-year world tour that will take it to New York, London, Moscow and Paris.<br /><br />The 180-ton pavilion was built in Yorkshire in northern England. It was shipped to Hong Kong -- piece by piece -- in more than 50 cargo containers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju53X8f0svQFec9t1IizZZY6Jhz0_gAg0qr8X9wPpA7iyUMGyjX0yoKnwrbgV3IRNQ9MhCx7lcBQEbI_F-uYsT-L9avwkDmCMkiEJ3rTsuHnqnbzukHJnBIJZ8_hUqZiOmE86GkjLb6h_1/s1600-h/2246580848_823dc3c81f.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175900633906495122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju53X8f0svQFec9t1IizZZY6Jhz0_gAg0qr8X9wPpA7iyUMGyjX0yoKnwrbgV3IRNQ9MhCx7lcBQEbI_F-uYsT-L9avwkDmCMkiEJ3rTsuHnqnbzukHJnBIJZ8_hUqZiOmE86GkjLb6h_1/s400/2246580848_823dc3c81f.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 406px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69RN021fyslqiuhUopTWXe6MgDsIFqOzNZJvvKJujmcryBLzUn2byZ6AsfwlUBfmwxmTRCbxMg6i3FXeOyM9-4AbloiBPFyAHiilOJFRaMHh3Xs7xXLeXA6haID2HSbUEBgojhc1fA45X/s1600-h/2246580860_a35912a3f9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175902708375699106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69RN021fyslqiuhUopTWXe6MgDsIFqOzNZJvvKJujmcryBLzUn2byZ6AsfwlUBfmwxmTRCbxMg6i3FXeOyM9-4AbloiBPFyAHiilOJFRaMHh3Xs7xXLeXA6haID2HSbUEBgojhc1fA45X/s400/2246580860_a35912a3f9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 407px;" /></a><br /><br />A team of builders spent four weeks rebuilding the pavilion in its new harbourside location, and it will take another 20 days to ship the 700 individual pieces that make up the building from Hong Kong to Tokyo.<br /><br />When Hadid and Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel got together to realize their dream of a traveling museum, they named Fabrice Bousteau, editor-in-chief of Beaux Arts magazine, as the curator.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZNAo5uVDnKVCJx9O80fPpTVGuha5oegV1aFa2hzMN0m9I8aSVvPY4OkZ1-sfQ5ZewApnWm5oHxl7guKvmemGQpQHeqhF-xILcD9XuQX7sh08cHdQHlu-MAODaFAoKHN9wDbCcHw4Qv3q/s1600-h/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175884192771685874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZNAo5uVDnKVCJx9O80fPpTVGuha5oegV1aFa2hzMN0m9I8aSVvPY4OkZ1-sfQ5ZewApnWm5oHxl7guKvmemGQpQHeqhF-xILcD9XuQX7sh08cHdQHlu-MAODaFAoKHN9wDbCcHw4Qv3q/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 367px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Fabrice Bousteau, Zaha Hadid, Karl Lagerfeld discussing the building in July of 2007</span><br /><br />Visitors are encouraged to wear headphones to listen to music specifically designed to enhance the artwork.<br /><br />Fabrice Bousteau, Curator of Mobile Art Exhibition said "This exhibition is totally new because it was conceived like a real landscape and a 3-dimensional film which comes to life with visitors and with headphones."<br /><br />Bousteau says the exhibit is intended to be experimental -- and to move art away from the more traditional museum setting.<br /><br />Fabrice Bousteau said "Mobile Art in my view is an expression of utopia and the future. It's a completely weird architectural project because it's the first building in the world which will travel, which will circulate and which is nomadic."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Art:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFuK-1o3mvNZuyvbYU2-Lov7cbv07lqXcAoY4j4upcUvr_kDwwpQoBHIteWMzzsszO0eGIXfIfmUKZ8QhPpRdGYUWx1BA9Re0p3IrwAjatXCfomMSLvS3vY0ljyfY5ynhS1mkbbxXAehO/s1600-h/Chanel_Mobile_Art_Magazine.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175905495809474242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFuK-1o3mvNZuyvbYU2-Lov7cbv07lqXcAoY4j4upcUvr_kDwwpQoBHIteWMzzsszO0eGIXfIfmUKZ8QhPpRdGYUWx1BA9Re0p3IrwAjatXCfomMSLvS3vY0ljyfY5ynhS1mkbbxXAehO/s400/Chanel_Mobile_Art_Magazine.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 667px;" /></a><br /><br />The artists were told to base their creation on the best-selling Chanel quilt bag, called 2.55 after its month and year of issue.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWiG_l3a4P39hWp5vSVWnckuE9pdfbu_JLcvwh1zcC-Y8HCrRnZKMy54yXG1LJI5ToS93LsHUWlldLx-NoBmgP5G2fU_Qsd-OoWQFY7KQ-6PhVBPo2QtxqHXIHLVCy9siKrxXucEyArTk/s1600-h/chanelbags,1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175894079786401346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWiG_l3a4P39hWp5vSVWnckuE9pdfbu_JLcvwh1zcC-Y8HCrRnZKMy54yXG1LJI5ToS93LsHUWlldLx-NoBmgP5G2fU_Qsd-OoWQFY7KQ-6PhVBPo2QtxqHXIHLVCy9siKrxXucEyArTk/s400/chanelbags,1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><br />After the French artist Sophie Calle received Chanel's commission, she advertised in a Japanese magazine in the fall of 2006 seeking an artist to carry out her project. She wanted to stop passersby, tell them to empty their bags, and offer to buy both contents and carrier. Soju Tao signed up, and the result of this collaboration will be shown at the exhibition.<br /><br />The artworks inside include a giant sculpture of a black Chanel handbag that encases a video. By Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhfcjTq4HnPvtQl5ZkKrHm81J0GrS4L4aSm5abTsMq52HnEkJWNWpNCa2635OOjNRTRULrlzJGCKATV73O8q0_ttVa-pG9N6Vu6shETdCAFD4z__-aBSpT_ewJDQ_tyVT0AA04xRJDELY/s1600-h/sylviebag_web,0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175894925894958690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhfcjTq4HnPvtQl5ZkKrHm81J0GrS4L4aSm5abTsMq52HnEkJWNWpNCa2635OOjNRTRULrlzJGCKATV73O8q0_ttVa-pG9N6Vu6shETdCAFD4z__-aBSpT_ewJDQ_tyVT0AA04xRJDELY/s400/sylviebag_web,0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 357px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Dxrk5UgWtpy9OBJIcMcO4ltUSUrIiynIdK5zBplUfpeqW1GAZgZdHaUWwcqsCr602-k9AL6X1KvG9H7CT_S4LOyTSFCFbXEYGRp0w_M5EIBC5MF4Hn859p-jf1M1jNGbbgpqPXWjWPt/s1600-h/512x330.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173213322914591122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Dxrk5UgWtpy9OBJIcMcO4ltUSUrIiynIdK5zBplUfpeqW1GAZgZdHaUWwcqsCr602-k9AL6X1KvG9H7CT_S4LOyTSFCFbXEYGRp0w_M5EIBC5MF4Hn859p-jf1M1jNGbbgpqPXWjWPt/s400/512x330.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Staff stand next to Crystal Custom Commando 2007-2008 by Sylvie Fleury as part of a global art exhibition unveiled by top fashion brand Chanel in Hong Kong.</span><br /><br />There's also a work featuring two stuffed pigs next to encased Chanel handbags. It's called "Jesus Love and 2 Handbags" and it's by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOBWgEMy5ALrBxVLx3vTYxBlR89Wyy0IgvzSYFyd35QfX3kIjqwbPbtFO7AfwHCCpd0zcQNuMQdazPHDmktf5q_jXEiy0v-EZEy_70MNcKkf4ChKlGGwCcBO9fc4dhVpJvGKpx0OJEW6z/s1600-h/wimdelvoye,+pigsandchanel.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173176961721463154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOBWgEMy5ALrBxVLx3vTYxBlR89Wyy0IgvzSYFyd35QfX3kIjqwbPbtFO7AfwHCCpd0zcQNuMQdazPHDmktf5q_jXEiy0v-EZEy_70MNcKkf4ChKlGGwCcBO9fc4dhVpJvGKpx0OJEW6z/s400/wimdelvoye,+pigsandchanel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 345px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: A photographer takes a photo of Jesus and Chanel Bags by <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html">Wim Delvoye</a>.</span><br /><br />Araki, known for his erotic photographs, will put up a slide show "The Dance of the Seven Veils," depicting the image of a young woman untangling herself of Chanel bag chains transposed against languid, close-up shots of poisonous flowers. Music by Fumio Yasuda and vocals by Aki accompany the exhibit.<br /><br />Paying homage to Coco Chanel, founder of the fashion house, South Korea's Lee Bul builds a plastic sculpture, lit from the inside, and crowned with hundreds of re-assembled bags and chains.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQzKUZQ3Yf4_ZE-FJy3Ou8sJNcdyw4q0n2CV8JACcnb3A_UdTecMSBrMTpWoGJz5BzB9vDfeQAxpq98m4dW2ZC0hIaQ7CvgJKmHZE4Row0MtBIt1jDMY5XoTN8q-H85pmHgbFx1SmTC0b/s1600-h/Picture+59.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173179551586742658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQzKUZQ3Yf4_ZE-FJy3Ou8sJNcdyw4q0n2CV8JACcnb3A_UdTecMSBrMTpWoGJz5BzB9vDfeQAxpq98m4dW2ZC0hIaQ7CvgJKmHZE4Row0MtBIt1jDMY5XoTN8q-H85pmHgbFx1SmTC0b/s400/Picture+59.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 352px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: A woman walks past an artwork called "Untitled 2008" by French artist Daniel Buren </span><br /><br />Visitors will be guided through the tunnels in the exhibition hall with an iPod presentation by Stephan Crasneanscki, a French photographer and sound artist who works under the title Soundwalk.<br /><br />Subodh Gupta has a video installation in two parts called "All Things Are Inside," reflections on people in transit and their aspirations, such as the life of an Indian laborer who returns from prosperous Dubai where he packed gifts.<br /><br />Near the end of the tunnel lies Ono's "Wish Tree," where visitors may write a wish on a piece of rice paper and tie it to the branches of a tree, which will be collected and sent to the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, a tribute to Lennon based on his peace anthem, "Imagine."<br /><br />Ono, a veteran at mixing social, political and corporal elements into her performances, will participate alongside Tabaimo, a 32-year-old Japanese video artist who exhibited her "Doll House" installation at the 2007 Venice Biennale.<br /><br />Japanese artist Tabaimo designed a black hole with graphic animation. It's her interpretation of unlocking the secrets hidden inside a handbag.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V30jY7EE30etgIbnIrALLGSNMRWJY79swmiLRZWBnPeHHVj8hqEZZAh4FKLFcFYtSRTUblkoy2Mwa2IfXLrhjywNJclU74od0DwXLqlw_bfPV0FtGwEskW61aENjxK-nvdfbfOOetWEw/s1600-h/installation_web,0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175894389024046674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-V30jY7EE30etgIbnIrALLGSNMRWJY79swmiLRZWBnPeHHVj8hqEZZAh4FKLFcFYtSRTUblkoy2Mwa2IfXLrhjywNJclU74od0DwXLqlw_bfPV0FtGwEskW61aENjxK-nvdfbfOOetWEw/s400/installation_web,0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Tabiamo's piece in the exhibit</span><br /><br />Personal fantasies and visions of the world are celebrated in the work of photographic duo Pierre & Gilles. Italian Loris Cecchini, on the other hand, distorts reality physically and visually - from cinema chairs that crumble into themselves to optical illusions of people climbing up buildings.<br /><br />Other artists at the show include the U.S. photographer Stephen Shore of Andy Warhol's The Factory fame, whose images highlight social issues; fellow American David Levinthal; Russia's Blue Noses; Sylvie Fleury of Switzerland; Y.Z. Kami from Iran; and Argentina's Leandro Erlich.<br /><br />Mobile Art is at Star Ferry Car Park, 9 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong.<br />For information and tickets, <a href="http://www.hkticketing.com/ticketek/eng/r.asp?nt=chanel08.">go here</a>.

The Mobile Chanel Art Exhibit

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Inked Oinkers: Tattooed Pigs by Wim Delvoye (UPDATED PICS)

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH7PuDfqYmr1pIgFvOU8kaRT0w3OqSdQLk26VaEQlgOPESXDqw5WxwN08QTVbUCb-4Rk1PwKvkrkSdXGa6-43xy2PocLBIX-L486XNnVDYhlqBpwfwdjDZvMjw1DqBvVBz3j6EZY-bGhR/s1600-h/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124979397541466866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH7PuDfqYmr1pIgFvOU8kaRT0w3OqSdQLk26VaEQlgOPESXDqw5WxwN08QTVbUCb-4Rk1PwKvkrkSdXGa6-43xy2PocLBIX-L486XNnVDYhlqBpwfwdjDZvMjw1DqBvVBz3j6EZY-bGhR/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 771px;" /></a><br /><br />Tattoos have become less of a taboo and far more mainstream in the past decade. Two reality shows are focused on tattoo artists, many magazines are published specifically about the craft and tons of products have hit the market that either sport tattoos or are tattoo-inspired, be them dishes, furniture or clothes. <a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/A4A259CA/Tattoo-You-And-This-And-That">To see many available products with tattoos, real or otherwise, click here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIVArZPyYIz3OF0kL0s0OsGH8JX_3Z7HHAnSYySoAWGIqfJ9aYISdY4MXYmakst4v0BLVEM1CiB2d9BiaPvqOuwR9KxR7s9DKtXzImwt9tosWMLv8rUJsmlm_wHTvnyp5W5CezMuPOaZa/s1600-h/Picture+5.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124970464009491042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIVArZPyYIz3OF0kL0s0OsGH8JX_3Z7HHAnSYySoAWGIqfJ9aYISdY4MXYmakst4v0BLVEM1CiB2d9BiaPvqOuwR9KxR7s9DKtXzImwt9tosWMLv8rUJsmlm_wHTvnyp5W5CezMuPOaZa/s400/Picture+5.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><br />Belgian artist <a href="http://www.wimdelvoye.be/">Wim Delvoye </a>launched an Art Farm Pigs Growth Fund whereby people can invest in his swine farm outside Beijing in China. This farm, established in 2005, has nine boars and sows which are tattooed with a variety of designs created by Delvoye and three other tattooists in residence. “The pigs art fund will be an official Chinese company which I hope to launch in the next few weeks”, he says. “The new bonds and pig farm shares scheme make the mechanisms of the art market so transparent”, he added.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXtKHn5913YSgbXynkv2ZEOaHU7fLO-00oyyhfusV_IIwVExNDynB_gu90Jz9oR5WBCIm9yQ4qYTbt62R5o_sd010pc_9OPulF9xbiy723nS2vbWILu27DAFMUwA0Nd-8UqFUVxX7AUM/s1600/artfarm+gates.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499396338461217474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXtKHn5913YSgbXynkv2ZEOaHU7fLO-00oyyhfusV_IIwVExNDynB_gu90Jz9oR5WBCIm9yQ4qYTbt62R5o_sd010pc_9OPulF9xbiy723nS2vbWILu27DAFMUwA0Nd-8UqFUVxX7AUM/s400/artfarm+gates.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t6RxxQjIMfzWGdjyQqtc4y78tSMbkIVUb17Sl_zbVyuRhi01NmKRIGwR_r2aofYCeWg4XLGpMe26Xcz44yC9QuDQL7Kzmkl_eCdADecVhijf5T-eg4YI7RJnPRUynADXSYrvv50d1q4/s1600/lots+of+pigs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499396602845257074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t6RxxQjIMfzWGdjyQqtc4y78tSMbkIVUb17Sl_zbVyuRhi01NmKRIGwR_r2aofYCeWg4XLGpMe26Xcz44yC9QuDQL7Kzmkl_eCdADecVhijf5T-eg4YI7RJnPRUynADXSYrvv50d1q4/s400/lots+of+pigs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The gates to Wim Delvoye's Art Farm and some of the inked oinkers.</span></span><br /><br />“This initiative is in its early stages”, said Mr Delvoye’s assistant Gianni Degryse. “We may set up a similar bond scheme for the pig farm. People may even be able to purchase one of the animals”.<br /><br />A vegetarian who tattoos live pigs, in the name of art. Wim claims it's ‘Because they grow fast and they are so much better to tattoo than fish.’<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyUnHfStsDGP11EXmL8GmelQKPo0XDftxbhGteAqSysr3C08-bUfwNXMauASm2lmf8VgD9LrO0mMQN-GE_iOwXdrDroDUFGm-MUFLSQ0W3ZfmpNh-VaEMJb9ShqvYEFq461NtjY04XRWm/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124970571383673458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyUnHfStsDGP11EXmL8GmelQKPo0XDftxbhGteAqSysr3C08-bUfwNXMauASm2lmf8VgD9LrO0mMQN-GE_iOwXdrDroDUFGm-MUFLSQ0W3ZfmpNh-VaEMJb9ShqvYEFq461NtjY04XRWm/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 478px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONbyqx2a1wBl7VgtIugQfHP1HHgByYRSr5U_BtKqlt92jWaNIiQERor6d2CFm16MbM5kQs6zfZepmgANFbkmI_EsGJM12jmsf-CsybwDgq8mjEjCD-UHLtVzO7F0-TRcaAvfEAzMvP9w/s1600/Picture+29.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499400630247003762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONbyqx2a1wBl7VgtIugQfHP1HHgByYRSr5U_BtKqlt92jWaNIiQERor6d2CFm16MbM5kQs6zfZepmgANFbkmI_EsGJM12jmsf-CsybwDgq8mjEjCD-UHLtVzO7F0-TRcaAvfEAzMvP9w/s400/Picture+29.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 457px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Louise, a stuffed pig (yes, sorry folks, she's no longer with us) sporting her Louis Vuitton Tatts.</span></span><br /><br />Below are live pigs with Wim's artwork permanently inked on their backs. Project and photos taken at Artfarm China in Yang Zhen, Shun Yi District Beijing, China.<br /><br />ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF WIM DELVOYE<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY78IQqNEMuVFQhalXMpxsYs2HRLRe98DXKuJ2sl395GOYd6Z2po4AKEuQDSHLXKTtng4doCf0MikMOkrKsOuADuUHXVzS2IZeejPqrSlRPpEczNJ7dH6CCNEIlTr7sDa3nkE3tSDzYfSg/s1600-h/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124976021697172162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY78IQqNEMuVFQhalXMpxsYs2HRLRe98DXKuJ2sl395GOYd6Z2po4AKEuQDSHLXKTtng4doCf0MikMOkrKsOuADuUHXVzS2IZeejPqrSlRPpEczNJ7dH6CCNEIlTr7sDa3nkE3tSDzYfSg/s400/3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 389px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kN-RfD2ELHk8epDTxQ2gLU3ZxFYkQudEpvbKnzytaVDHnAsZi6_ZrkAC_txOHrlt6ER_ApLhytXt422x6sFSvgZRdFqxVJGpyn5UV6MuRp2dOj6naT_Jro-fRjmyE7sFJi0FVBssuw/s1600/Picture+7.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499397070060066706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_kN-RfD2ELHk8epDTxQ2gLU3ZxFYkQudEpvbKnzytaVDHnAsZi6_ZrkAC_txOHrlt6ER_ApLhytXt422x6sFSvgZRdFqxVJGpyn5UV6MuRp2dOj6naT_Jro-fRjmyE7sFJi0FVBssuw/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 524px; height: 347px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Wim at work</span></span><br /><br />Jonathan West of <a href="http://www.viceland.com/">Vice Magazine</a> asked Wim a few questions:<br /><br /><b>Vice: Why did you start tattooing pigs?</b><br /><br />Wim: <i>I started tattooing pig hides, which I’d get from the slaughterhouses, in 1994. It was only in 1997 that I started to work on live sedated pigs. I tattoo pigs because they grow fast and they are so much better to tattoo than fish. I tattoo them when they are young and I like the way the artwork stretches and distorts over time. Essentially, we invest in small tattoos and we harvest large paintings.</i><br /><br /><b>Have you ever tattooed a person?</b><br /><br /><i>Yes, of course. I have tattooed art critics, art dealers and art collectors, and lots of butts. I come across my needlework everywhere I go. Some designs I try for the first time on people and, if they work, I will surely re-create the tattoo on a pig.</i><br /><br /><b>To the close observer your work is laden with contradictions. For example, aren’t you a vegetarian?</b><br /><br /><i>Yes, I am a vegetarian. I am also very, very clean. I wash my hands like 100 times a day.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/05/wim-delvoyes-swine-art-own-your-own.html">See a more recent post about his tattooed stuffed pigs and tattooed pigskins for sale here.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWWlJbpgSYWLNcZAt2smxMWNzyuZ8-Asix3K4Z7S_UsURdNgLnXuVavS3O9o6uYtLT41ahY4MYZc50bZ50F_XF9MXTPHR9P1UWI5l2_2ta7f_rDDdGKQiPg46a3h51zHyWWFhjQxZG9c/s1600/Picture+8.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499397873039541858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWWlJbpgSYWLNcZAt2smxMWNzyuZ8-Asix3K4Z7S_UsURdNgLnXuVavS3O9o6uYtLT41ahY4MYZc50bZ50F_XF9MXTPHR9P1UWI5l2_2ta7f_rDDdGKQiPg46a3h51zHyWWFhjQxZG9c/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 555px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/05/wim-delvoyes-swine-art-own-your-own.html">PART 2: Updated post on more Pig tattoos and pigskin art by Wim Delvoye</a></span><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/05/wim-delvoyes-swine-art-own-your-own.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499398289408891090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL3nTv9D0Rb7x6hTuWq9ibEGI-j38snv_USsWpEedLeC_7iQE24f_kxFJtCTfX7kmK8myfagQbYK3gjWR8JciKtG0OWgl1r18Vrl4ogTr5Ay949ADgDH8pWidyEFvkgFdbTpNIkcFWg4/s400/Picture+28.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wim Delvoye has done several interesting art projects. Tattooed Swine is just one of them.<br /><a href="http://www.wimdelvoye.be/">Visit the artists site here.</a><br /><a href="http://www.speronewestwater.com/"><br />To see more of his work, visit the Sperone Westwater Gallery by clicking here.</a>

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