Danish Blood And Sausage Art

Danish artist Uwe Max Jensen has courted controversy for years, using his unorthodox and provocative art works - some of which make use of his own blood and excrement - to test the outer limits of art appreciation. In a soft voice and with an almost juvenile expression, the 34-year-old father of three insists he is not “a lunatic, not a provocateur. “People do not like the natural materials that I use in my work: blood, urine and excrement... they prefer oil on canvas!” “It’s free of charge, and we all have it in our bodies,” Jensen adds. His latest installation is no exception to the irreverent style: every morning and evening in the last week of July, Jensen walked his dog Rocky on the lawn of the Aarhus art gallery, the last word in cutting-edge art, leaving “messages” from his pet on the grass. “It’s a gift for the museum because they do not have to pay for the exhibit,” explains Jansen. He shocked the art world last March with a live performance at an Aarhus museum where he made a sausage from his own blood. His 11-year-old daughter then passed the sausage around to onlookers to taste. Irish Art