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  • Crowds Throng to Damien Hirst Opening ["Death of God" Exhibit]

    02/27/2006 3:39:39 PM PST · by DTwistedSisterS · 37 replies · 742+ views
    Associated Press (from Yahoo.com) ^ | Mon Feb 27, 1:18 PM ET | ISTRA PACHECO
    MEXICO CITY - Hundreds of tourists, art lovers and mere voyeurs flocked over the weekend to the opening of "The Death of God," the latest exhibit by controversial British artist Damien Hirst. The show, the result of Hirst's three-month stay in Mexico, includes human skeletons, animals preserved in formaldehyde and skinned lambs, propped up as if praying or splayed upon crucifixes. One work shows a lamb kneeling inside a crystal container, looking as if it is carrying a white-covered Bible and red rosary between its legs. As a bright oasis in the midst of these brutal pieces, Hirst slipped in...