Alice Clanachan, fine print live, Melrose Wing, Art Gallery of South Australia, September 2018. Photo by Sam Roberts.
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“Art is not an excuse for poor taste.”
“I suggest this sculpture be moved to the back of the gallery with a warning sign.”
“Those responsible for hanging the carcass in the gallery should become abattoir workers.”
“The abomination of the dead horses which assaults the senses is something I will never get over.”
“Send it back to Belgium.”
— Alice Clanachan
Notes on the provenance of the component parts of Berlinde De Bruyckere’s We are all flesh:
Portion of horse carcass sourced from veterinary academy
Darkie also known as Black Beauty also known as Black Auster also known as Jack also known as Blackie also known as Old Crony (Anna Sewell (author), Black Beauty, 1877)
Khartoum, triple crown winner belonging to Jack Wolz, killed and decapitated by Luca Brasi (Francis Ford Coppola (director), The Godfather, 1972)
Shadowfax, the lord of all horses, gifted to Gandalf the White by Theoden, the 17thking of Rohan (J.R.R. Tolkien (author), The Lord of the Rings, 1954)
Mister Ed (Walter R. Brooks (creator), Mr Ed, 1961–1966)
The eighth leg of Sleipnir, the offspring of Loki and Svaðilfari (Svar-dill-vari) (Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, 1220)
Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack (Hasbro Incorporated (copyright holder), My Little Pony, 1982- present)
Portions of the body of Artax, retrieved by Atreyu from the Swamp of Sadness (Wolfgang Petersen (director), The NeverEnding Story, 1984)
Duncan also known as Furious D (Matt Groening (creator), The Simpsons, 1989 to present)