In addition, artists sometimes create many unusual creative ways in order not to follow the path taken by their predecessors. Belgian new concept painter WIM? This is the case with Devai, who is called? The opposite of minimalism? , because of its bold and unique artistic style shocked the world. However, what he is most famous for is not his artistic style, but his canvas. What is he good at? Pigskin painting? As the name implies, it is painted on the back of a live pig in the form of a tattoo.
Friends who have had tattoo experience know that tattoos are not painless, and often the more complicated patterns will bring more painful experiences. People can feel pain, so can pigs. What about WIM? Devai's painting with live pigs is restricted by Belgian animal protection law. At first, he bought pigskin for painting in an American slaughterhouse. Soon after, he felt that the effect of painting with pigskin was far less than that of painting on live pigs, so he went to China where pigs were slaughtered without restriction and set up a farm. In 2004, Devai came to China and began to concentrate on tattooing and painting live pigs, and named his farm? Art farm? . Because the form is novel, and his painting skills are not bad, for a while? Pigskin painting? It has been welcomed by many people, and orders are in short supply, often peeling and mounting one by one? Pigskin painting? The price can reach 654.38+0.5 million. So 20 1 1 He set up another farm in Shunyi District, Beijing, and raised hundreds of pigs as his? Canvas? .
If we ignore the fate of these pigs, they live well on the farm in Devai. In order to ensure the health of pigs and the smooth and beautiful pigskin, these pigs grow up eating nutritious feed such as corn, grain and fruit, and will be examined by special veterinarians. They will take a bath two or three times a day. In summer, they will have fans and sprinklers to cool down, and even put sunscreen on their bodies. There is heating in the pigsty in winter. However, a pig that looks so comfortable is just to provide a good skin.
When Devai painted tattoos, the pig couldn't stand the intense and persistent stinging, but he insisted that painting on live pigs was the best. So a couple? Pigskin painting? It often takes a long time to complete, and some works even have to be suspended for dozens of times in the middle, giving anesthetics to awakened pigs. As you can imagine, in order to let Devai finish these works, every pig suffered considerable pain. After such pain, they can't escape the fate of being slaughtered. If pigs can have human thoughts, I'm afraid I'd rather choose the life of an ordinary farm.
Dozens of hours to hundreds of hours, a painting of pigskin is completed, and the mission of the pig is over. Next, it will be slaughtered by the staff, completely peeled, then professionally preserved and put in a photo frame. In this way, a complete pigskin painting can be considered successful. Since he fell in love with pigskin painting inexplicably at the age of 34, Devai has been engaged in this art form for 20 years and has completed thousands of pigskin paintings. Undoubtedly, it also means that thousands of pigs were used for sashimi and painting when they were alive, and then slaughtered and skinned.
Devai's unique pigskin painting is also world-famous. In 20 12, a special art exhibition of pigskin paintings was held in the Louvre to let more people know about pigskin paintings, which were also collected by some internationally renowned galleries. In addition to skinned pigs, some of his large-scale paintings or works of live pigs that he is particularly satisfied with will also be exhibited as specimens. Pigskin painting not only made Devai famous, but also caused protests from animal protectors. Some people think that artistic creation has no boundaries, while others think that his practice is too cruel. The netizen also said: Is this art? I can't appreciate such an inhuman painting.