The real Body Shop
By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 28 May 2010
Von Hagens in his body shop
Shock doc Gunther von Hagens, of the infamous Bodyworlds exhibition which features preserved and flayed human cadavers, is taking the museum gift shop to a whole new—and extremely creepy—level. Opening today in the town of Guben in Brandenburg, Von Hagen’s “Plastinat Shop” is selling human and animal body parts and is being called the “Supermarket of Death” by the German media. So how much will a piece of this macabre memorabilia cost you? Tiny chicks are reportedly going for only €250 while a laminated cross-section slice of a whole human body has a price tage of €11,000. A steal when you consider a Hirst animal in formaldehyde can cost millions. But Von Hagens says these specimens are for educational and scientific purposes, and only medical professionals and professors will be allowed to buy them.
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