It's like a bear skin rug, but with a human. Artist Chrissy Conant made this self-portrait:
"Chrissy Skin Rug” represents my relationship to my parents. The rug is a silicone rubber cast of my bare skin. I position myself as a human rug on a wooden floor with an open mouth and eyes that gaze suggestively upward. Parental influences from childhood continue to suppress me, long after I have grown up and they have gone.
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So, it's not at all about the quality of the art or the sense it makes or the appeal it has as a work of art. It's about the openings, and the snobbery, and the free drinks, and the posing in front of artwork and coming up with profound things to say. Then, you can sound like you're the one who has his s**t together, and look down your nose at those whose tastes are too pedestrian or run-of-the-mill. Philistines!