Environmental Graffiti

Incredible Sculptures Made of Raw Meat

“Meat After Meat Joy” brings together the work of contemporary artists who use meat in their work. That’s right, meat - raw meat, the concept of meat, its symbolism and viscera. In their work the artists are seeking to show the paradoxical nature and symbolism of meat, seeking to show the viewer of their pieces how meat is the essence of our bodies but outside of that context holds no identity and how it also symbolic of the death that follows life, following on from what the exhibition’s curator Heide Harty calls one of the ‘seminal seminal works of sixties happening and performance art,’ Carolee Schneeman's Meat Joy performance.

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PETA’s Meat: Worst. Meat. Evar?

Oh dear, not PETA again… Image from Flickr This time, they are not doing one of their usual stunts. Interestingly, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have announced an ambitious competition and prize,

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World Record: Uruguayan Army Grills 12 Tons of Beef

Nearly 20,000 spectators were on hand to watch 1,250 volunteers grill twelve metric tons of beef in Montevideo Sunday. Moo. Image from brianbutko on Flickr Using a grill that was reportedly 1.5 km long, Uruguay set a new world record for “world’s biggest barbecue” while raising awareness of [...]

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