and to quote others he is: wicked, abominable, atrocious, appalling, a disgrace to Australian society, perverted… and these are the descriptions that made it to print.
So let’s have a look at some of his work and why it had provoked the responses it has:
What interested us most? Well, the dumping of a cow carccass on the steps of the NGV and the pigeon dinner.
It is interesting how Ivan points out how we (humans) are so willing to exploit animals every day for the sake of eating them, but the second we "exploit" them for the sake of art people get all up in a huff.
Why is this and what is the real difference? Animals don't want to be eaten, nor do they want to be made a spectacle of - So why can't we do both, so long as it's not "exploting" the animal but done respectfully.
Wim Delvoye is another artist who poses similar questions in different but no less contravertial ways - yes, the image below is a tatood pig.
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