Althouse: Sruli Recht makes a $470,000 ring out of gold and a 4-inch strip of skin excised from his belly and tanned... with the hair left on.

January 24, 2013

Sruli Recht makes a $470,000 ring out of gold and a 4-inch strip of skin excised from his belly and tanned... with the hair left on.

Art! Via Metafilter.

It's the hair that makes it so... challenging.

14 comments:

chickelit said...: Ed Gein started that!; 1/24/13, 5:38 PM
chuck said...: That seems a bit off for someone born in Jerusalem.; 1/24/13, 5:41 PM
Cheryl said...: Thanks for that, I was eating. Was.; 1/24/13, 6:53 PM
bagoh20 said...: Side income stream for Mohels.; 1/24/13, 7:03 PM
McTriumph said...: Bad art is still art. Most art is bad.; 1/24/13, 7:05 PM
edutcher said...: Reminds me of the last line from "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" -

So they tanned his hide when he died, Clyde

And that's it hangin' on the shed; 1/24/13, 7:09 PM
Unknown said...: What difference, at this point, does it make what I think about it?; 1/24/13, 7:20 PM
bagoh20 said...: $470K! See, who needs college?; 1/24/13, 7:22 PM
Valentine Smith said...: What a work of genius!

I mean, who really gets skinned here.; 1/24/13, 7:44 PM
edutcher said...: McTriumph said...

Bad art is still art. Most art is bad.

I submit if it's bad, it's not art. Some art may be better than others, but all art has some aesthetic value in and of itself.; 1/24/13, 7:49 PM
Clare said...: Overpriced AND disgusting. It's quintessential modern art.; 1/24/13, 8:35 PM
bgates said...: Side income stream for Mohels.

Mohel can get in a lot of trouble that way.

Not the jewelry, just they shouldn't end up with anything that can stream on the side.; 1/25/13, 12:32 AM
bagoh20 said...: Good one Bgates. It took me a second...

I might have a prostate issue.; 1/25/13, 1:09 AM
Rusty said...: A stunt. Something you'd expect from an art school undergraduate.; 1/25/13, 7:15 AM