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12/06/2012 09:26 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | WTF!! Guy paints with ASHES FROM A CONCENTRATION CAMP CREMATORIUM!! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?? [ link to www.thelocal.se] Holocaust ash painter reported to the police A Swedish artist has sparked outrage by claiming he used ashes gathered from a Nazi concentration camp crematorium in paintings currently on display at an art gallery in southern Sweden.
A member of the public has now reported him to the police for breaking the Swedish law that protects the peace of the dead (brott mot griftesfriden).
The piece in question is being shown at a gallery in Lund.
In the text alongside the work, artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff explained that he collected the ashes from a concentration camp crematorium in Majdenak, Poland.
Years later, he mixed the stolen ashes with water and used the result as paint on acrylic paper.
The work has sparked a range of reactions from critics, with many upset that von Hausswolff would use remains from Holocaust victims in his art.
"You shouldn't use remains as souvenirs," art critic Tor Billgren told The Local. |
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12/06/2012 09:29 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WTF!! Guy paints with ASHES FROM A CONCENTRATION CAMP CREMATORIUM!! I'm not a Holocaust Believer, but that still seems pretty rude to me.
Even if the holocaust was phony. |
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12/06/2012 09:44 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WTF!! Guy paints with ASHES FROM A CONCENTRATION CAMP CREMATORIUM!! Have to give him credit for trying to expose the Holocaust BS. |
