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‹‹The evident corollary is that we respond to the image as if it is alive, real […] People are sexually aroused by pictures and sculptures; they break pictures and sculptures; they mutilate them, kiss them, cry before them, and go on journeys to them; they are calmed by them, stirred by them, and incited to revolt. They give thanks by means of them, expect to be elevated by them, and are moved to the highest levels of empathy and fear. They have always responded in these ways; they still do. They do so in societies we call primitive and in modern societies; in East and West, in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. These are the kinds of response that form the subject of››...the pictures below.
 Marzipan Breast, sculpture of marzipan (eatable), 2011
 Marzipan Shit, sculpture of marzipan (eatable), 2011
   Envoutement:
 Rocker Envoutement, wax, height 16 cm, 2011
 Envoutement n.1, wax, height 19 cm, 2011
  Did anyone spray a tag on your wall? Punish him/her using a Writer Envoutement.  Writer Envoutement, wax, height 20 cm, 2011
Did anyone steal your motorcycle? Punish him/her using a Thief Envoutement.  Thief Envoutement, wax, height 13.5 cm, 2011
 Thief Envoutement's boxes
  theft and ... ... punishment
Banning Yashima Mishto's photos:  Scratched pictures:
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