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A Swedish artist has sparked outrage by claiming he used ashes gathered from a Nazi concentration camp crematorium in paintings currently on display at an art gallery in southern Sweden.
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Seems to be a clear cut case of the wierd Swedish crime of "disturbing the dead" to me.
You don't just "collect" the ashes. The ashes of murdered Jews is not a souvenir or something he has a right to "collect" = euphemism for steal from a crematoria!!! Doesn't it compute in any way that these were people? They were murdered!!! They did not want to end up as a wall painting by some pretentious shock value obsessed Swede.
these are the only remains of women, men, children, babies and the elderly that were murdered. That is all that is left of European Jews. The ashes should have stayed there as a reminder to next generations - not mixed with acrylic.
Here is another idea, collect the remaining teeth of murdered Jewish toddlers and string them together in the name of art!
Revolting.
You don't just "collect" the ashes. The ashes of murdered Jews is not a souvenir or something he has a right to "collect" = euphemism for steal from a crematoria!!! Doesn't it compute in any way that these were people? They were murdered!!! They did not want to end up as a wall painting by some pretentious shock value obsessed Swede.
these are the only remains of women, men, children, babies and the elderly that were murdered. That is all that is left of European Jews. The ashes should have stayed there as a reminder to next generations - not mixed with acrylic.
Here is another idea, collect the remaining teeth of murdered Jewish toddlers and string them together in the name of art!
Revolting.
Apart from the Swedish law,I sincerely hope that the Polish government charges him with theft,for that is what has occurred. He has stolen from a museum. In England O belive the crim e of 'body snatching/graverobber' still exists.
If one of the functions of art is to comment upon society, he has made a really valid point.Not in his art,but in his actions. For certainly society today appears to demonstrate less respect.
It, sadly, is not surprising that it is on display in Sweden, and that it remains here despite the acts of grotesque criminality by the artist and the original murderers, as well as the insult and injury to Jews and Survivors in particular, but also to those in general with a shred of decency in them.
The sooner all appropriate charges are brought here and in Poland and the painting is dealt with in some fashion that gives priority to the feelings of the Jewish community of the world, the better. Please let it be soon.
Ron F.
Portland , Oregon