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Sunday, August 16, 2009

The questions it raises are exactly what the art world craves and loves to talk about from redefining an artwork, the role of the art market, the ethical, and legal issues at hand. What if Tim Steiner one day decides to get it removed without warning, or disappears, where will the art collector find him, what if he develops a skin disease, and in this case will it still be art? Then again Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde shark “The Physical Impossibility of Death in Someone Living” got a second chance after it was deteriorating to stand as a work of art, which already addressed those controversies.

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