By Cashell Kieran
'Kieran Cashell discusses artists who use every thing from dirty mattress linens to blood to useless sharks of their works. Drawing on a magnificent array of philosophical rules, Cashell is helping audience take on the messy info of paintings via Damien Hirst, Orlan, Marc Quinn, Tracy Emin, and extra, as he offers a probing and refined protection of the ethical price of such fresh "transgressive" art.'
- Cynthia A. Freeland Professor and Chair, division of Philosophy college of Houston, Texas
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