'Jew in Box' exhibit in Berlin triggers controversy

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8. I love stuff like this. There was an earlier thread about art and religion. This includes culture

in the mix. I'm a fan of performance art pieces in general. Often challenging, sometimes tongue-in-cheek and always made as a brief or time-limited presentation.

Back in the early days of ACT-UP's die ins, outlining a person's prone body in chalk on a side walk, city plaza or street was a performance. They weren't meant to sit in the Louvre at some time. The ephemeral aspect was part and parcel of the art. In the morning city crews would routinely wash it away. Even though that was probably a usual part of their daily work, the power wash added to the picture.