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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Art That (Really) Stinks

Today we often spend more time covering up smells than we do experiencing them, but Belgian artist Peter de Cupere is exploring and exposing fragrances in revolutionary new ways. De Cupere creates smell paintings, smell installations, smell moves and smell performances that toy with the relationship between scent and sight.

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