Two big slabs -- the remains of a pair of skinned and gutted animals -- hang cheerily outside a local storefront on a sunny day. For folks who have never trained in butchery or worked as meatpackers, this sight will evoke at least some curiosity and perhaps downright disgust. The scene is particularl

Dense, Grotesque, Layered, Modern sculpture, Visceral

Standing there among all the Sensation hubbub, somehow overshadowed by issues of elephant dung, were 21 child-sized mannequins wearing identical running shoes and standing in a circle. Some had penises where their noses should be, some had anuses in lieu of mouths, and vaginas melded the ring of bodi

Cartoonish, Fantastic, Grotesque, In-your-face, Ironic, Mathematical, Young british artists

Art brut/outsider art, Catastrophe, Fantastic, Grotesque, Monumental, Perverse

Orlan is a devoted martyr and a jaded exploitationist, a sincere Feminist and a technological utopianist, a social artist and a shameless self-promoter all rolled into one. Her ongoing Performance art piece, which has been variously entitled "The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan" and "Image -- New Images

Body art, Bombast, Dissonant, Grotesque, In-your-face