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An inflatable sculpture called 'Complex Pile' by American contemporary artist Paul Mccarthy on display as part of the 'Inflation!' exhibition curated by Mobile M on April 24, 2013 in Hong Kong. The inflatable artwork is one of six on display as part of the exhibition which is open from April 25 until June 9.

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An inflatable sculpture called 'Falling into the Mundane World' by Tam Wai Pingon on display as part of the 'Inflation!' exhibition curated by Mobile M on April 24, in Hong Kong.

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An inflatable sculpture of a pig called 'House of Treasures' by Chinese contemporary artist Cao Fei on display as part of the 'Inflation!' exhibition curated by Mobile M on April 24, in Hong Kong.

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A member of the public bounces on a life-size interactive inflatable sculpture of Stonehenge called 'Sacrilege 2012' by English contemporary artist Jeremy Deller on display as part of the 'Inflation!' exhibition curated by Mobile M on April 24 in Hong Kong.

Inflatable installations, one of which you can bounce on, are on display in Hong Kong at the site of the future museum of visual arts, known as M+. The exhibit is the largest contemporary art exhibition ever to be mounted in Hong Kong. More about the exhibit. 

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A plastinated goat is seen during an exhibition preview at the Walter Zoo in Gossau, Switzerland, on Oct. 4.

German professor Gunther von Hagens, creator of the controversial, yet wildly popular 'Body Worlds' exhibit of human bodies, has expanded his vision by presenting 'Animals Inside Out,' an exhibition of animals preserved in polymer, allowing the viewer a unique perspective on their anatomy.  The exhibition opens in Gossau, Switzerland on Oct. 5 and runs until Jan. 13, 2013.

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A plastinated horse's head, showing its blood system

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A plastinated shark

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A plastinated reindeer

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A plastinated brown bear

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Untitled Film Still #21, 1978 - Sherman's "Untitled Film Stills" series, comprised of 70 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980, are made to resemble publicity pictures taken on movie sets. The images represent clichés from films of the 1950s and 60s: career girl, bombshell, housewife and so on.

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Untitled # 213, 1989 - Sherman's history portraits make allusions to paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Fragonard and Ingres.

From an eerie clown to a society doyenne to a nubile milkmaid, photographer Cindy Sherman has masqueraded as a series of characters in front of her own camera, producing books and exhibitions that have gained international attention. Now, for the first time in 15 years, work that spans the master of disguise’s entire career, from the mid-‘70s to the present, will be on display in one place: New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

“I think Cindy Sherman is more contemporary than she’s ever been,” says Eva Respini, associate curator at the Museum of Modern Art. “I think we’re in a media-saturated society, where everyone can be their own star, and everyone is taking pictures of themselves and posting them to Facebook or any other kind of social media outlet, and I think her work definitely picks up on that, and responds to that.”

To create her photographic portraits, Sherman works unassisted in her New York studio. She is the photographer, model, art director, make-up artist, hairdresser and stylist.

“The really important thing about her work is they’re not self-portraits,” notes Sarah Evans, assistant professor of contemporary art history at Northern Illinois University. “They’re portraits of the types of images that surface in our world. She’s mirroring the media in a way that’s especially important for women.”

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From an eerie clown to a society doyenne, photographer Cindy Sherman has masqueraded as a series of characters in front of her own camera.

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Sherman will not admit to being a feminist, according to Evans, but her work has been interpreted as having strong feminist themes.

“Many feminists,” Evans added, “have adopted her work as one of the most historically significant examples of feminist art.”

Cindy Sherman, which includes 180 photographs spanning the artist’s career, will be on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art from Feb. 26-June 11, 2012. The exhibit will then travel to San Francisco, Minneapolis and Dallas.

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Untitled #96, 1981 - Part of Sherman's centerfolds series, this photograph sold for a whopping $3,890,500 in May 2011, making it the most expensive photograph ever sold. It held that record until November 2011.

A new science exhibit opening tomorrow in Germany promises to show you in vivid detail what you cannot get from any anatomy textbook.

A collection of 20 animals and sundry organs of elephant, giraffe, and ostrich, to name a few, have settled into their new home at the Cologne Zoo. German anatomist Gunther von Hagens composed the exhibit with curator Angelina Whalley.

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A preserved brown bear stands on its haunches at the opening of "Koerperwelten der Tiere" (Body Worlds of Animals), an exhibition of polymer preserved animals at the Cologne zoo in Germany on Thursday, April 14.

The animals have been preserved through a process called plastination.

For those unfamiliar with this term, The International Society for Plastination refers to it as a process that creates specimens that can be touched, don't smell or decay and retain most of their original properties. Plastination is achieved by replacing water and fat with plastics, preserving the sample.

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Preserved camels are shown during the opening of the exhibition. German anatomist Gunther von Hagens composed the exhibit, which opens on April 15 and runs until September 30.

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A preserved gorilla is shown during the opening of the exhibition.

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A man looks at a plastinated bull during an exhibition preview.

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Angelina Walley, wife of German anatomist Gunther von Hagens looks at a plastinate shark during the exhibition preview.

The exhibit is open from April 15 through the end of September 2011.

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A sculpture of a rain forest tree is pictured at an exhibition in the Gasometer museum in Oberhausen on Wednesday.

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A sculpture of a rain forest tree is pictured at an exhibition in the Gasometer museum on Thursday.

According to Reuters: The exhibition 'Magic Places' runs until December 30, 2011. For the 100-meter high air space of the Gasometer, Wolfgang Volz created the 40-meter high sculpture 'Rain forest tree'.

Read more about the Gasometer here.

This tasty selection of images moved today of chocolate sculptures created by chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia that are on display as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibit in Hong Kong. Mirco Della Vecchia currently holds the Guinness World Records title for making the largest chocolate sculpture in the world.

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A chocolate sculpture of Stonehenge, created by Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, is displayed as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibition in Hong Kong, Jan. 20.

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Italian chocolatier Mirco Della works on his chocolate Arc de Triomphe during a press preview in Hong Kong, Jan. 20. A shopping mall in the territory is playing host to a 'Chocolate World Heritage' exhibition from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20.

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A chocolate sculpture of the Colosseum, created by Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, is displayed as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibition in Hong Kong, Jan. 20.

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Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia puts the finishing touches on a chocolate sculpture of the Torre pendente di Pisa displayed as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibition in Hong Kong, Jan. 20.

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A chocolate sculpture of the Abu Simbel, created by Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, is displayed as part of his "Chocolate World Heritage" exhibition in Hong Kong, Jan. 20.