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MAMCO's playful and provocative modern art

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We're looking at some of the best modern art this week courtesy of "The Eternal Detour" exhibition at Geneva's MAMCO museum. From sleepwalking cats to dead dogs and a giant skeleton, the mood is definitely eerie. But it's young French visual artist Natacha Lesueur who's caught our eye with her playful yet provocative work using food and female figures.

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So called Art .white western society,etc

by Anonyme - 14/12/2011 - 11:31

Years ago ,you had to go to the circus to see freaks,now you just have to turn on your television set ,and you will be entertained by all the freaks in the west.

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