bodyworlds: art, science, or just plain gross?

[ABEL]

i'm not sure how i feel about the new "bodyworlds" exhibit by Gunther van Hagens.

i just saw this on the news and i dunno, it left me feeling kinda grossed out

http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/pages/home.asp

*edit: all of the bodies in the exhibit were once alive.
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/pages/ausstellungsinhalte.asp

 

[clarityat3am]

I think it's cool....weird, yes, but cool.

 

[starsgoblue]

I want to know where he got these bodies from...

 

[AvsGirl41]

It says on the website they are willingly donated by individuals--like donating your body to science. They meet with him beforehand and everything.

I think it's interesting, I'd go see it.

 

[u2bonogirl]

Disgusting
Interesting, yes very
But still disgusting
Then again
I would go see it because Im a sucker for ick stuff like that

 

[unosdostres14]

 

[Angela Harlem]

Art, no. Science, no. Perhaps interesting if you are interested in anatomy. My life drawing teacher invited me to a university in Sydney to do a weekend course in anatomy. Real cadavers as models. They themselves are not art.

 

[GARY#2]

Damien Hirst territory in a way, with regards to the art of the grotesque.

Obviously different intentions. Bodyworlds comes off as more of a gimmick than a theme.

 

[BVS]

The human body is art.

 

[Sevikins]

Interesting. I'm sure people who are aspiring in the medical field would benefit from looking at a physical version of what they usually would see on posters.

 

[verte76]

No, it reminds me too much of my anatomy class, which I hated. Very boring.