A tattoo is sold at$ 150,000 – The Observer

The work of Wim Delvoye will be framed when the man on the that made die

Tim Steiner is a swiss on her back US$ 150,000 to all parties. Is that there is a tattoo done by the belgian Wim Delvoye that was sold in that amount to a private collector who will display their skin as a box the day I die. In the meantime, sits in museums and art exhibitions as if it were a box human.

According to the portal Spanish Verne, the initiative came from Delvoye, as an experiment to show that the money influences what is considered art. “The people who are going to see a work of Matisse or Picasso fails to do so admire his talent, but by the fact of being exposed”, he considers.

Wim Delvoye tattoo

Wim Delvoye

therefore, the tattoo artist did this awesome work on the body of Steiner, who must be presented each year in three samples of art. Prior to this time the belgian experienced with animals, tattooing pigs, which after his death were sold as canvases.

Steiner takes his tattoo since 2008, and its completion took a total of two years. The candidate was chosen because he already had other tattoos, and they proved willing to participate in this artistic project.

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