Aug 13 2008Wait, What?: Inflatable Art Turd Flies Away
I don't even know. Apparently American artist (artist used very lightly) Paul McCarthy created an exhibit entitled "Complex Shit" that consisted of an inflatable dog turd the size of a house. Well, the inflatable pew got loose from and wreaked havoc in Switzerland.
The wind carried it 200 meters (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home, said museum director Juri Steiner.The inflatable turd broke the window at the children's home when it blew away on the night of July 31, Steiner said. The art work has a safety system which normally makes it deflate when there is a storm, but this did not work when it blew away.
Wow, those kids are officially f***ed for life. Way to go, Paul (I loved Hey Jude by the way). Now I hate to start an argument about whether or not an inflatable dog turd the size of a house should be considered art or not, but I did take an art history class in college, so I am an authority. And let me tell you -- the girl that sat beside me had a pair of Titians on her that would've given Michelango's David a boner.
NOTE: I made the crappy picture. Photo fake, story real.
Flying piece of art causes museum chaos in Switzerland [yahoonews]
Thanks to Ryan, who once flew around the world in 80 days a turd.
Reader Comments
1. Uncle Eccoli - August 13, 2008 11:04 AM
Art is dead.
2. AWSOME - August 13, 2008 11:07 AM
LMAO
3. Julian - August 13, 2008 11:37 AM
That donut looks delicious.
4. DeeplyTroubled - August 13, 2008 11:49 AM
I heard initial reports blamed the flying inflatable turd on the Macy's parade Snoopy float. (Although I think it more likely the work of Clifford.)
5. Greg - August 13, 2008 12:09 PM
That wouldn't be the first turd someone named Paul McCarthy let loose on the world. He probably used too much fiber when constructing it. And art doesn't have to be good to be art. There is such a thing as bad art. At least it wasn't diarrhea.
6. Yewtree - August 13, 2008 12:11 PM
Apparently Carl Gustav Jung once had a day-dream where a giant poo fell on a cathedral and smashed in the roof (it's in Memories, Dreams, Reflections, his autobiography). I think this is just a big piece of synchronicity.
7. Paul - August 13, 2008 12:31 PM
McCarthy is not McCartney
8. lol - August 13, 2008 1:03 PM
#7, thanks for the clarification. I almost thought it was supposed to be a joke for a second.
9. kathryn - August 13, 2008 1:25 PM
Nice. Verrrry nice.
Of course, this is also the artist who did a sculpture entitled "Santa Claus with a Butt Plug."
See the link to believe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy#Work
10. krhaker - August 13, 2008 1:58 PM
that is so fake. shitty Photoshop work. cmon guys.
11. Becca - August 13, 2008 2:30 PM
Good art is dead. So are good ideas. Seriously, how could a giant inflatable turd ever be considered good art, or a good idea?!?!?
12. bernard fleming - August 13, 2008 2:31 PM
PEW PEW PEW!!!!
13. ubee0173 - August 13, 2008 2:32 PM
oh, this is amazing! and funny as all hell... this must be what sociopaths decide to do as an alternative to murder.
14. SmokingGirl - August 13, 2008 2:35 PM
If a crucifix in a glass of piss or the Virgin Mary covered in shit is considered art, I can see why a giant inflatible turd would be considered art as well. Oh, I also forgot the 'starving dog' art piece where the artist took a stray off the street and starved it in a gallery.
I agree with those who previously stated this sentiment:
Good art is dead.
15. FatBoy - August 13, 2008 4:52 PM
@10 - i am absolutely baffled by your stupidity.
the picture is obviously fake and created by the writer just so you get an idea of the article you are about to read about. that doesnt mean the article is fake. and i really doubt photoshop was required to create that image, maybe microsoft paint. and you are an complete idiot. stop by more often.
16. Tenchi059 - August 13, 2008 4:58 PM
OH MY GOD, THE EARTHQUAKE!!!
Uh.. no.. it's just a giant turd that has fallen from the sky.
17. Ace - August 13, 2008 6:17 PM
The storm _kinda_ made it art.
18. ジェシカ - August 13, 2008 6:42 PM
Holy FSM.
Bizarre.
19. Jess - August 13, 2008 9:54 PM
That honestly looks like someone photoshoppped a turd onto a picture. or took a picture of a turd on a picture - the lighting also seems off. funny though.
20. Cyberwulf - August 14, 2008 5:21 AM
Meh. do it the old fashioned way, by launching a ton of shit with a catapult.
21. Steven - August 14, 2008 1:33 PM
McCarthy is a genius, one of the few artists I find simultaneously visually compelling and genuinely disturbing, pity that after decades of producing the finest art to come out of america he's going to be primarily remembered as that bloke with the loose stool…
22. illestpnoyyy!! - August 14, 2008 11:44 PM
he took my idea..
although mine's in the toilet.
23. Yeags - May 28, 2009 9:40 PM
The biggest floater I've seen outside of a bowl. I think the museum of modern art would take this one. I heard they had a canvas with elephant poo on it. If they call that art, then this inflatable turd is a masterpiece.
24. Hellena Handbasket - June 9, 2009 12:14 PM
Someone did a video about this! Funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TVFY3q1gE&feature=channel_page