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Wim Delvoye has been tattooing pigs since the 1990s. In the early 21st century a tattooed pigs project was set up in the Art Farm in China, where there are fewer strictures regarding animal welfare than in most parts of the Western world. In 2005 his colleague, artist Danny Devos, spent several months at the farm, reorganizing, managing and rebuilding. He is a vegetarian.
The extract below comes from yosotattoo:
Unusual contract
Delvoye started creating tattoos on pig skins from slaughterhouses and then began working on live pigs bred in a farm studio complex in China, using images such as the Louis Vuitton design and Walt Disney characters.
Steiner’s tattoo of the Madonna surrounded by Asian and African ritual symbols began as part of an art performance piece in 2006 and was completed in 2008.
De Pury & Luxembourg said the sale was an “integral part of the work itself” and describes the contract as a dissertation on the definition of an artwork, the art market and the ethical and legal questions it raises.
It includes a provision giving the collector the right to sell the work on again. The buyer is also insured against opposition by Steiner’s family who have signed a binding document agreeing not to intervene in any attempt to remove the tattoo after his death.
Wim Delvoye is born in 1965 in Wervik. Actually he works and lives in Gand, Belgium.
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Thanks in advance. Alvin.
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[...] accounts has done some pretty weird stuff. I’d not actually heard of him until I came across this post on Fabrik Project about his tattooed pig farm. Delvoye started creating tattoos on pig skins from slaughterhouses and [...]
revolting.
Sorry for being a peta-oh-I-love-animals-bitch but… This is disturbing.
No. Do not want.
challenging, as most tattoo artists start by tattooing themselves or pig skins! (dead pigs). still not into tattooing pigs alive personally! Even if it makes a statement! I still feel something is wrong with that! anyway! one big world! and freedom!
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