November 15, 2003 9:32 AM

And the stupid will always be among us

Hanging Corpse Admired as Sculpture on Campus

If you or I saw a corpse hanging somewhere, we'd probably recognize it for what it is, call the police, and be done with it, right? Well, Hungarian artists are apparently a bit more interpretive.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Police on Friday removed the corpse of a man believed to have hanged himself at least a year ago after builders and students at Budapest's University of Arts had initially mistaken it for a modern sculpture.

The body hung for a whole day in a garden building that had been re-opened for repairs before onlookers realized what it was and called the police, local media said.

The building, in campus grounds crowded with different types of sculpture, had been closed five years ago pending reconstruction work.

I guess art really IS in the eye of the beholder, eh?

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