an acquaintence of mine was telling me of an artist who made a cast of his head, and then filled it with his own blood and froze it. it is in some museum, but she didn’t know which or the name of the piece or anything.
any help, fellow dopers?
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“Self” by Marc Quinn, at the Gagosian gallery in New York.
“Self” by Marc Quinn, at the Gagosian gallery in New York.
So many threads lately that bring back memories from art school: the “Smearing Feces” thread that tempted me to post that Rembrandt used feces as a pigment (even in painting of Christ! has someone alerted Jesse Helms?).
The “I bought lard” (and what should be done with it)thread reminded me of Joseph Beuys, who was shot down on the Russian Front and rescued by Tartars who wrapped him in felt and fat (a story later adapted for “The English Patient”), which became signature substances in his work.
And now for blood as an artistic medium. There’s a rich heritage there, but the standout performers in it are the Vienese from the '60’s & 70’s, who conducted gruesome performance pieces. Their swansong was by Leon Swartzenkrogler (sp?)who can not be outdone. legend has it that he bled to death after cutting slices off his penis. The closest we Americans have come to such suffering for one’s art is rodeo.
Uh, dumb question: Where did you get that Rembrandt used feces as a pigment? I need to find the thread, obviously. I’m not familiar with that one. . .
My favorite blood-spouting Viennese artist is Hermann Nietsch (spelling?)-- fabulous liturgically-themed pieces. Lovely stuff.
And of course Richard Serra for most well-known use of wee-wee, Jesse’s favorite, apparently.
“Smearing feces” was late last week - I think it was in GQ (If you hit my profile and search my recent posts you’ll find it). My contribution to the sum of human knowledge in this thread was to make shit enchaustic paint - mixed with wax so it couldn’t be hosed off but has to be laboriously scraped away. The University of Wisconsin will take thousands of dollars from you and your parents in exchange for ideas like this, as well as the license to be a callow young ass for several years.
BTW - what’s up with Catholic artists and blood. I get the whole “blood of Christ” reference - but so what? The Bhudda died of indigestion, yet Asia isn’t full of flatus art (or maybe that’s what those Tibetian horn blasts are all about).
Anybody know what blood pudding is? And what it tastes like?
I presume it is the same stuff known in the U.K. as “black pudding” and perhaps you could find it as “Blutwurst” in a German-type delicatessen somewhere in your area. How to say what it tastes like? I haven’t tasted it for years, and never much liked it (rather drying on the mouth somehow) but there are probably as many recipes as there are butchers making it. Be brave - experiment for the sake of empirical knowledge!
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the covers of the metallica albums load and reload are art made by some guy mixing (i think it’s cow) blood and his own semen. something else, too, i just don’t remember what.
So it really is blood? Well then… and as for tasting it, I think I’ll wait a while for that 
But either way, thank you for clarifying.
I knew Load was semen but Reload is too? They don’t really look the same.