• deft@lemmy.wtf
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    14 hours ago

    Honestly this dude was in one movie in my mind. Never seen him in anything else.

    Why the fuck is his pubes a thing

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      Following an inundation of inquiries on how to purchase the pubic display following the publication of this article, Wynd says he has decided to donate them to Littledean Jail, the crime museum in the Forest of Dean.

      Apparently they do have monetary value, but I assume the reason they were not sold is ethics

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        24 hours ago

        There are laws about selling body parts. I’m not sure which side of the line pubic hair is, as real hair wigs are a thing.

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    At what point did the museum think that it was an appropriate or sensible item to have on display?

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      The rest of the quote:

      “I took them straight off display and have no desire to hear his name again – he has no place in my museum of horrors,” Wynd told Variety on Wednesday afternoon. “My museum is full of disgusting things but even I have limits.”

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    Why were there in a first place? “Look, this is Van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers, an this is Russell Brand’s Pubic Hair”!!! WTF!

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      Viktor Wynd, the eccentric collector behind the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in Hackney, confirmed that he removed the unusual artifact from his collection in the wake of Brand’s legal troubles.

      “I took them straight off display and have no desire to hear his name again – he has no place in my museum of horrors,” Wynd told Variety on Wednesday afternoon. “My museum is full of disgusting things but even I have limits.”

      Seems like this piece was fishing for the exact reaction it got. Kind of just a reheated Piss Christ if I’m being critical but it’s certainly art.

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        Piss christ, heated in a walmart microwave oven would be a pretty poignant piece tbh

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    Why… why would anyone want that??

    I’ve read some fucked up shit in my time, but every now and then i have to ask, why?? what the fuck is wrong with you.

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    Is russel brand where looksmaxxing came from or something. Look at his fucking face it’s like that squidworth meme

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      If only there was some kind of link you could click to get more info about the story. But alas, we shall never know.

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      It’s not the “London Museum (known from 1976 to 2024 as the Museum of London)”, but a London museum (Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in Hackney).

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        Oh, well that makes a little more sense, but only because there’s nothing natural about that weirdo.

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    Russell Brand’s pubic hair is no longer on display at a London museum of curiosities

    I’m sorry, his WHAT?!

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    So, that’s a museum I don’t need to visit. I’m quickly bored by art museums, though I respect them. I love history museums. This? Wtf.

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      Bah, the world would be a boring and stupider place if people only pursued easy and obvious art. This guy has the courage to try something weird but also the humility to acknowledge when it stops working and kill a particular piece. I wish Harry Potter fans had the same sense of responsibility.