I guess it’s obvious by now that I like weird weird art. That’s why this collection by Chrissy Conant caught my attention. This woman’s commitment to her creative projects makes my relationship with art look like a one night stand. Homegirl got 6 weeks worth of fertility shots and underwent egg harvesting surgery for the sole purpose of creating and packaging “Human Caviar.” You can read more about that here.

I think the piece I find the most interesting is this human skin rug.  Conant made this piece “to exorcise a part of my psyche that feels powerless and objectified.” To me this speaks to how humans regard animals though. (I know it’s not what she intended, it’s just how I reacted.) It’s mundane to see a bearskin rug but really shocking to see the same suggestion made about human skin. Why shouldn’t we react the same way to any once living creature splayed beneath our feet?