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Swedish artist unrepentent about killing animals
December 14, 2003
A Swedish-based artist who habitually kills animals for use in her work
had no intention of giving up the practice, her gallery said yesterday
after protests from animal rights defenders.
Ukraine-born Nathalia Edenmont was reported to public prosecutors
yesterday by the Swedish Veterinary Association for failing to have a
veterinarian present when killing the animals she photographs.
"Of course she's going to continue to make her art," Bjoern Wetterling,
who owns a Stockholm gallery currently exhibiting Edenmont's
photographs, told AFP.
Johan Beck-Friis, spokesman for the Veterinary Association, said however
that Edenmont was violating rules that regulated the use of animals for
public viewing.
"When animals are killed for purposes of public entertainment, a
veterinarian has to be present to ensure that the animal doesn't suffer.
(Edenmont) has used a large number of animals," he told AFP.
Wetterling, however, insisted that Edenmont had not only followed
Swedish laws on the humane slaying of animals, but that her artwork was
actually part of the overall fight for animal rights.
"Her work calls into question the hypocrisy in the debate surrounding
animal rights," he said.
"Is it better to kill animals for makeup than for creating art?" he
asked. "These people forget that art is food for the soul."
Wetterling called many of the strong reactions to the exhibit, which
portrays dead mice, rabbits and cats in different poses, "pathetic".
The photograph that has provoked the strongest reactions portrays a hand
with the head of a dead mouse stuck on each finger. Wetterling said the
work was meant to symbolise the five stars of the former Soviet Union,
which he said was responsible for the murder of Edenmont's mother when
the artist was only 14.
A picture of several dead mice all pointing in the same direction
represented the cowardice of Swedish society, where no-one dared to be
different or to speak up against the majority, he said.
"Her work is very important, (and) it is very important for her that the
animals she uses are treated well," Wetterling said. "I have tried to
get her to try to work with larger animals, like dogs."
AFP
This story was found at:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/13/1071125716675.html
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