Art Basel 2011: Muri Kim's 'The Pig That Therefore I Am' Exhibit
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The artist told Cool Hunting she felt pigs are "more human-like than domestic pets like cats and dogs. Eye contact with them was shocking and mysterious, because their looks were so strange and yet so familiar. The Basel pigs were saved from a Hialeah slaughterhouse and the artist told New Times art critic Carlos Saurez de Jesus , "They will lead a very happy life and are already better off than where we found them. We are looking to place them as pets with a family or at a community farm after the show. But this morning, Miami New Times ' Riptide blog reported that a local animal rights activist said Kim's pigs wound up deadly sick and mistreated:. The gallery didn't even donate the funds it promised to take care of them, she alleges. Read the full article at Miami New Times , complete with photos of the pigs being rescued.
Miru Kim On How Pigs Used In Her Art Basel Project Got Sick
But for her new art installation, Miru Kim has decided to live with pigs for hours, non-stop. The former medical student is staying in a pen at the front of one of the galleries at Art Basel Miami , and visitors can watch her, naked, through the window. She will live with the animals for hours. Spending four days naked inside a glass box living and sleeping with pigs might not be everyone idea of fun, but the performance artist calls it high art.
An art student has embroiled in a row with her college after it refused to display a picture of her hamming it up in a wood wearing nothing but a pair of wellies and a pig's head. Cress de la Fosse said she was shocked when Exeter College informed her she would have to remove her work at the last minute, as the nudity would not be suitable for some guests of the exhibition. De la Fosse has now been forced to search for an external gallery to display her art, which she hopes will draw attention to the issue of the female body shape. The year-old student says she feels "very upset" she wasn't consulted before the college made the decision to pull her work.