Europeans have always had a fascination with the deceased. It's pathetic and frightening. Their history is a story written with so much innocent blood.

In a "work of art" is repulsive. Using human ashes from Shoah victims is doubly so, in that it is, in effect, a denial of the Holocaust. This "artist" SHOULD be investigated, and so should the materials in his "work of art". If the ashes used (assuming any ashes WERE used), but they weren't human, then he should be indicted for attempting to defraud his audience. If the ashes used were human, but not from Holocaust victims, then again, he should be indicted for fraud as well as needing a damned good explanation about how he came by the ashes legally. If the ashes really turn out to be human ashes from Holocaust victims, he'll have to explain how he came by them legally (if he did come by them legally) or be indicted for illegally obtaining the ashes, Holocaust denial and any number of civil violations. At any rate, this piece of "art" only proves how disgusting some people can be...

Hmmm funny that a Swedish artist wanted to portray human suffering given that Jews in Sweden basically have to fear for their lives now. He's lucky it wasn't a Muslim's ashes because he would be dead now and the Swedish embassy in every Muslim country would be burned down.

The bizarre German "artist" Gunter von Hagens and his plastinated "Bodies" exhibit sprang to mind.