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Alex_A97 ago

Addendum, paraphrased from Wikipedia which I opted not to include in the OP.:

"Yu's most famous piece of conceptual art, titled "Eating People," was performed at a Shanghai arts festival in 2000. It consisted of him cooking and eating what is alleged to be a human fetus. The picture, circulated on the internet via e-mail in 2001, provoked investigations by both the FBI and Scotland Yard. It was intended as "shock art"..."

"Other images from another art exhibit were falsely circulated along with Zhu Yu's photos and claimed to be evidence of fetus soup. The piece's cannibalistic theme caused a stir in Britain when Yu's work was featured on a Channel 4 documentary exploring Chinese Contemporary Art in 2003..."

"Yu has claimed that he used an actual fetus which was stolen from a medical school. He was prosecuted for his deeds."

Make of this what you will.