Feces Painting Divides Art Lovers
Monday June 14 8:41 AM ET
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German art lovers are turning up their noses at an abstract picture painted with the artist's own feces.
The painting, on display at Frankfurt's Museum of Modern Art, depicts brown, egg-like shapes surrounded by an off-white
line. It doesn't smell because it is coated with resin, German tabloid daily newspaper Bild reported.
The 35-year-old artist, Anton Henning, said he had eaten a large meal to give himself sufficient material for the painting.
''It was created in 1995 after I enjoyed a meal of Koenigsberg dumplings, mustard gherkins, beetroot, potatoes, watermelon
and lemon juice, Rheingau riesling wine and a big brownie,'' he told the paper.
Henning guarantees that he did not need to dilute his feces in order to complete his oeuvre.
The picture has suffered a mixed reception. ''Yuk, it really makes me want to throw up,'' one 50-year-old woman told the
newspaper.
''It's sick,'' said a 29-year-old man.
''The colors are fantastic,'' countered another 50-year-old woman who viewed the painting. ''I'd find a space for that in my
home.''
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