Friday, June 04, 2004
Knock, knock. Moo's there?
LONDON (Reuters) - British artist Damien Hirst, who uses dead animals in his work, promised to apologize for a "mix-up" Thursday, after a rotting cow was left outside his studio over a long holiday weekend.
Inspectors visited the studio in Gloucestershire, southwest England over the weekend and took the putrid remains of an animal away to incinerate them, after neighbors complained of a horrible smell.
What a wonderful smell you've discovered.Inspectors visited the studio in Gloucestershire, southwest England over the weekend and took the putrid remains of an animal away to incinerate them, after neighbors complained of a horrible smell.
A spokeswoman at Hirst's studio confirmed that the remains were those of a dead cow.
"It was at the rear of the studio in a plastic-contained bin," she said.
I bet he was the life of the tupperware party."It was at the rear of the studio in a plastic-contained bin," she said.
"It's a communication mix-up between the contractor who was collecting it and a member of staff. So it was left over the bank holiday weekend, which was very unfortunate."
She said Hirst planned to apologize for leaving the dead animal out. She would not say what the artist had used it for.
The artist won Britain's Turner Prize in 1995 for "Mother and Child, Divided," which featured an adult cow and a baby calf, each split in half, pickled in formaldehyde and displayed in glass tanks. Local authorities in Gloucestershire said they were investigating to see whether any regulations were broken when the animal was left in the street.
Gotta have more cowbell.
She said Hirst planned to apologize for leaving the dead animal out. She would not say what the artist had used it for.
The artist won Britain's Turner Prize in 1995 for "Mother and Child, Divided," which featured an adult cow and a baby calf, each split in half, pickled in formaldehyde and displayed in glass tanks. Local authorities in Gloucestershire said they were investigating to see whether any regulations were broken when the animal was left in the street.
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