Meatballs cooked in his own liposuctioned body fat is the latest creation by shock artist Marco Evaristti. The Chilean-Danish artist calls the self-styled artwork displayed at the Animal Gallery in Santiago as his criticism of the plastic surgery market. According to The Santiago Times, Evaristti purposely underwent the liposuction procedure last year to create the artwork.

Dutch cabinet maker Mario Phippona's latest design of erotic furniture are on display at a top German art gallery, Amadeus Art in Berlin. The designs offer a wide range of wooden cupboards, wardrobes and tables inspired by the female anatomy. One of the items on display is a fruit bowl called "TittyFuity," which is decorated with realistically shaped, life-size wooden breasts.

A British man is exhibiting photos of all the meals he ate for one year. Reportedly, Chris Gillett, using a digital camera, took pictures of every breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack that he chomped in the whole 2005. According to the Sun, the man was able to compile over 2,500 photos and then placed them in a 16-foot collage. He titled his exhibit "2005," which could be viewed at his gallery n Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts in England.

A spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has described a live art performance scheduled to take place in a English art gallery as "sick. " In the performance piece, called "Inthewrongplaceness," a naked woman cradles a dead pig for four hours. Reuters reports the PETA spokeswoman said Kira O'Reilly's show "seems to depend on the shock of using a murdered pig as a prop" and that O'Reilly, "perhaps lacking the talent to make it as a proper artist," should take up a day job instead.

The judges for The Turner Prize announced Tuesday that sculptures of cartoon-like women with huge knobby breasts and disco-dancing Palestinians are among the works shortlisted for Britain's most prestigious and controversial art award. Abstract painter Tomma Abts, video installation artist Phil Collins, billboard artist Mark Titchner and sculptor Rebecca Warren have been nominated for the 25,000-pound (47,000-dollar) award, says AFP.