The Artist Who Kills and Tatoos Pigs

It's very macabre. There is a direct parallel to humanity - the branding, killing and skinning of the animals seems to belie some other fantasy of power / control. I'd hate to think what goes through this guys mind! What does he dream about?

I love the way he compares the PIGS WITH THE JEWS !!!!!

this is not art... it's torture..poor pigs
tatoo your f..(/&%& ass you idiot and leave animals alone

Hans!! You idiot - Yakuza are Japanese. You're the pig.

I agree its pathetic, how can he say he 'SAVES' them when he skins them anyway, its not art. its disgusting and un-necessary cruelty to aniamls. ummm if you have a tattoo you know that it hurts for a while AFTER.

A pig murdered your father? get off the acid fool...
all you people deserve to be rouned up and pushed of a very steep cliff

This is sick!
It's inhumane and twisted.
How would we like if if some dickhead put us under anesthesia and tattooed us and then when we got to a certain 'size' skinned or stuffed us for 'art'?? Animals are a living creature just as much as we are, we treat animals like shit as it is without using them to tattoo on for 'art'
I personally think it's wrong, inhumane, sick
It makes my blood boil

This is so disgusting and sick and NOT artistic at all >_<

RANTING BLOG ... only a rant ... my opinion ... don't get all fussy faced poopy weird a$$ on me ...

I huge into tattooing and graffiti art in general ... "environmental graffiti will be changing soon" i sure as hell hope so ... this is disgusting and horrible ... some one should hog tie his ass and force a needle into him and ink whatever they wish on him ... which should be a pig ... a screaming ratty ass pig ... cause that's what this dude is ... i'm a vegetarian for medical reasons ... in fact i love meat esp bacon ... which i miss ... tear ... but seeing shit like this makes me ashamed of street art, animal treatment, and "going green?!??" art to begin with ... yeah ... cool ... paint on found objects ... recycle ... that's awesome ... but don't hold anything down against its will and tat on it ... esp since his artwork blows ...

just my opinion!

ahhhh again sorry i hate shock art ... your work alone ovb doesn't capture attention on its own ... I'm glad you put them under to tat them up but i have mad tats ... helllooooo it hurts itches and sometimes burns after ... maybe they feel no pain when he does it but they sure as hell feel it after ... really dude? your re-dick

This pretty much makes me give up hope for humanity...

This is seriously so disgusting, I can't believe how far people will go. This, for one, is despicable and I hope you're ashamed of yourself for putting that pig through that even if he or she was under anesthesia. There's no excuse. I can't even fathom what would make someone do that. I hope you feel great about going through this procedure and I'm sure all the money you spent on it was worth it. Perhaps someone should tie you down and give you unwanted tattoos. What need is there for a pig to have a tattoo? It's senseless and completely unnecessary. You obviously have nothing better to do with your life and I pity you.

Really, Blowden? Can you really be that dense and narrow minded to say something like that? What about humans? Humans savagely kill each other all the time. So do you think the same about other people? Did this particular pig kill your dad? There are many animals (including humans) who kill. There are also animals of the same specie who are very tame and loving. Pigs are actually some of the cleanest, smartest and loving animals. I'm sure the pig didn't kill your father because it was randomly looking for some action. There is always a reaction to every action. The pig, I'm sure, wasn't in an environment that showed him or her how to be around others and probably grew up afraid of them, which I don't blame him or her for. Obviously by this little tattoo stunt you can see what animals of any sort have to go through on a day to day basis. I am however sorry for your lose, but hope that you can be a little more open minded to the fact that this pig, although it may not have been physical, was hurting. I can't imagine being tied up and hearing that noise, not knowing or understanding what was going on. I can guarentee that the pig suffered immensely, was under extreme stress, and was unfathomably frightened.

What an aseshole! So it would be OK to aneathatise any of you who think it's OK
so I can do what I want with you, without your consent? I don't think so.....

This is fucking disgusting! Buddy, you got yourself a one way ticket to hell! You are a sick bastard and a dysfunctional individual! Your ass should be rotting in a 4x4 cell for animal cruelty.

I think HE sould be skinned and stuffed. The skinned version for a dart board and the stuffed version as a pillow for the pigs!!

This is seriously the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. These people have nothing better to do than torture innocent animals. Always remember what goes around comes around, this should be illegal

What a sickly twisted & severly demented human being. Wim Delvoye's "art work" is a waste of ink & an innocent lives. Although, I bet that Louis Vuitton print really brings some class to the single wide trailer its most-likely hanging in.

My father was savagely murdered by a pig, hearing this pig sympathy is disgusting.

this is so revolting animals dont have voice and so us humans think we can control them they will never be able to vsay no but think how they are feeling in side u fucking bastards.is’s basically torture to the pigs and just stupid. It’s not art. Art should be voluntary and not cause pain to anyone.

I didn't watch the video because this is rediculous. That's torture to the pigs and just stupid. It's not art. Art should be voluntary and not cause pain to anyone.

Initially, this seemed very cruel but after watching the video, you learn that the pigs are under anesthesia so the tattooing process presumably doesn't hurt them.

Still, this seems kind of beautiful and grotesque at the same time. Not really sure how to reconcile that...

disgraceful !!
torture, ill treatment towards pigs how would you like to be held down and tattooed against your will you sick asshole someone should hold you down and tattoo you and see how you like it dickhead.
you say its art well its not im an artist but i certainly dont go around holding pigs down and tattoing them!!
SICK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It isn't treating the pigs any worse than if they were allowed to stay in the slaughter houses. Personally, I don't see what is wrong with it. They are prolonging the lives of pigs that would die anyway. They put them under anesthesia and treat them well on the farm. And as far as displaying the skins, animal skins are used for clothes, rugs, shoes, all kinds of things, why is that any different than using them for art?