It seemed to bring an infernal message into the world. There is enough dung as it is. Worse, the installation was placed in a cold, clean space at the museum, where it was nourished by a first class chef who prepared two meals a day in an attached kitchen. Delvoye's work doesn't resemble the human body, though perhaps it could be called a figurative work. But visitors walked out with a strange look on their faces, as if they'd just paid a visit to the devil.
Cheeks turn a little pale as art, the beautiful image of humanity, turned into the making of stool.
Cloaca, referring to the ancient sewer in Rome. But while the cloaca maxima proved to be useful, this Cloaca goes beyond every purpose, except of course revealing of the meaning of art. So, too, the spending and earning of money is part of its purpose. At a school visit, a little girl burst into tears in front of the machine. She might have been right.