In relation to the exhibition
Embalmed by renowned Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere, Kunsthal Aarhus in collaboration with Bikubenfonden invites you to the Visionssalon: VI ER ALLE KØD.
Not exact matches
When you die, I promise you: I will not make the decision to not
embalm you I will not make the decision to not show you off to a room full of people surrounded
by flowers for 2 days I will not make the decision to not parade you through town with traffic stopping pomp I won't bury you within 24 hours I WILL allow YOUR family to make those decisions for you in respect to what you wish for in your passing.
The customary practice in our society of
embalming and publicly viewing the body is one way of doing this, but it is
by no means the only way.
His corpse was mutilated
by a spear and left to rot in a cave because there wasn't time to properly wrap the
embalming spices into the grave clothes.
It's amazing how good just plain old catchup tastes on the end product accompanied
by butter
embalmed in hot soft rolls (how sad that you are allergic to garlic, as garlic toast is another perfect add - on).
As for the fans, many an experienced undertaker has been deceived
by their appearance and started
embalming on sight.
Previous nominees Al Gore or John Kerry could jump in, validating Mo Udall's theory that presidential ambition can only be cured
by embalming fluid.
There is a blow -
by - blow account of the preparations of the corpse for the funeral, almost a DIY guide to
embalming and cosmetic restoration.
By contrast, two mummies whose heads had been shaved carried the same
embalming materials on their heads as on the bandages around the body.
If only he protected us from the scientific incorrectness of so many other films: «Jurassic Park» (cloning dinosaurs through
embalmed mosquitoes is preposterous), «Alien» (a mouth inside a mouth would choke it to death) and «Raiders of the Lost Ark.» (Closing your eyes does not protect your head from being exploded, shriveled, or melted
by pissed - off angels.
He didn't realize that I was not your typical Cold War kid; comparing himself to Lenin was no more threatening than encountering the real Lenin (who I'd strolled past a couple times
by then, as he lay
embalmed and blackening in the mausoleum).
Surrounded
by the billowy architectural casts of Heidi Bucher (think Rachel Whiteread, but softer, more diaphanous
embalmings), Castets discussed the shifting kaleidoscope of Swiss identity, the advantages of looking at a nation from the outside, and global art's challenge to culture.
Plants grow, flowers blossom and yet within the context of Rodriguez's work these forms are suffocated
by resin — jeweled, bedazzled, almost
embalmed.
This exhibition introduces you to eight people from ancient Egypt and Sudan whose bodies have been preserved, either naturally or
by deliberate
embalming.
The original purpose of the portraits: the adornment of the
embalmed and thus already artificially processed body, is a victory of culture over nature, which here, is made eternal
by art.
REFERRING TO THE GROUP OF «Yippies» (protesting the
embalming of Surrealism) outside the Museum of Modern Art the night the show opened, Salvador Dali was quoted
by Newsweek (April 8, 1968) as saying, «These are the Dadaists of today.»
In addition, the
embalming of the body is affected
by the medical condition of the body.
The body must be
embalmed before it can be moved
by public transport.
To accommodate with work in such a domain, which is considered macabre
by some people, you should take into account starting first with a course in
embalming.