Dr. Kevorkian’s surrealist paintings have been on view at the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Massachusetts, but now his niece — and sole inheritor of his estate — wants them too. The museum is sueing to hold on to this piece of bloody heritage. Read more »
The notorious serial killer and/or suicide rights case worker — depending on your outlook — has recently died from kidney problems and pneumonia complications at 83. According to his obit in The New York Times, Dr. Death took up euthanasia in ’80s “after an undistinguished career in medicine and an unsuccessful try at a career in the arts.” Read more »
This is a morbid classic. Artist Julijonas Urbonas’s Euthanasia Coaster is a kinetic sculpture/concept ride for a 3 minute 20 second “fatal journey.” You will soar, you will fly, you will spiral as g-force strategically snuffs out your neurons in this “pleasing, elegant and meaningful” suicide by roller coaster. Read more »
When not drawing out the color in revolution and the capitalism in film, Romain artist Istvan Laszlo skins famous figureheads to the bone. See skulls of Andy, Adolf and the gang of skulls with personality. Laszlo is exhibiting now at the Frieze Art Fair 2010 in London.
Hey, rich anachronistic fetishists! This June in Vegas, Julien’s Auctions is peddling personal items belonging to the original sacrificial hot mess herself. Among the notably creepy items: Marilyn Monroe’s therapist’s couch and her hospital chest X-Ray from 1954. The auction will also include Marilyn’s Personal Bottle of Channel #5, the chair from her final photo shoot, movie stuff, and negatives from her early start as a model in the YANK military magazine. Christopher Reeve’s “Superman IV” costume of cape, bodysuit and tights will also be sold. Somebody go tell Christopher Dennis.
At some point all of us have probably wondered, “What would I want to eat if I knew I only had one meal left on earth?” Well the State of Texas has a webpage devoted to listing the last meals of the 310 people they executed between 1982 and 2003. It’s sort of morbidly fascinating to read through. |Texas Dept. of Justice via Tess Lynch|
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