What Happens When You Use Your Own Poop To Create Works Of Art
It's pretty 'shitty'.
Cover image via imgur.comArt can be pretty subjective. There are times when it doesn't make sense to commoners like us. Like masterpieces from this artist called Katsu. Katsu uses poop as a medium for his artworks.
Yes, we are not kidding.
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Katsu is a renowned graffiti artist based in New York. He is famous for vandalising the streets with his politically motivated pieces. His real name remains a mystery.
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Like many street artists, Katsu is a rebel
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He is also famed for his drone painting, where he paints a canvas by only using a drone
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Let's get back to the poop paintings. His first 'shitty' painting was created back in January this year. It was a portrait of Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook. Granted, the painting actually looks really good. Just try to forget that it's made out of shit.
The painting comes with a LED backlight
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After Mark, Katsu now has turned his attention to Google chairman Eric Schmidt. The painting titled 'Eric Shit' was revealed over the weekend.
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The graffiti artist / hacker / poop-painter known as Katsu has revealed the latest portrait in his "Shithead" series of artworks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the first to be featured, but Katsu has now turned his attention to Google chairman Eric Schmidt, unveiling the wonderfully-titled portrait "Eric Shit."
How do you paint with poop exactly? In an interview with Tech Crunch, Katsu states it's actually very difficult and he further explains the reason why he uses poop.
The series of poop paintings titled 'Shitheads' was an act of defiance to the media companies in our society today.
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