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."
