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Mar 15, 04 - 1:32 PM

Artist Wills Remains to Guggenheim Museum

New York based artist Shishaldin has left her remains as a bequest to the
Guggenheim Museum.

BROOKLYN, NY (PRWEB) March 15, 2004–It has been said that everyone loves
you when you are dead, but New York artist Shishaldin has undertaken an
unusual approach towards achieving artistic immortality. Under the terms
of her will, her remains are being left to the Guggenheim Museum in New
York with the stipulation that they are to be freeze dried and displayed
nude in a prominent location.

"The museums are like cemeteries, filled with art by dead people. This is
actually a very conventional approach towards making art." says the
currently very much alive Shishaldin.

The Guggenheim has been mum so far on this unusual bequest. Has it
occurred to the artist that they might actually decline her endowment(s)?

"Why on would they do that? Hot naked chicks in the lobby are great for
business."

About Shishaldin:

The 22 year old artist resides in Brooklyn where she is a MFA candidate at
Pratt Institute. She originally hails from Alaska where she was the
statewide women's tennis champion. She is the recipient of numerous awards
in tennis and track and recently completed a piece called Berserker: Meat
Marathon wherein she ran the 2003 NYC Marathon clad in salami. She has
been awarded Outstanding Merit in Sculpture from Pratt Institute and was
featured on the cover of The Coagula Art Journal. Her work will be on
display March 22-28 at the Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, 200
Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

fpr more information:

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Http://www.shishaldin.com


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