Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic (1987) is an artwork created by Canadian artist Jana Sterbak, first displayed at the Galerie René Blouin in Montreal. Its most famous showing was at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where it attracted national controversy. The work was composed of 50 pounds of raw flank steaks sewn together, and hung on a hanger. According to the artist, the work is a contrast between vanity and bodily decomposition.[1] The artwork is in the collections of Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and of Centre Pompidou in Paris (edition of 2 + artist copy).
- ^ Rowley, Storer H. "'Flesh dress' is rotten art, some Canadians say". The Spokane-Review. Spokane WA. Chicago Tribune. p. 16. Retrieved 6 August 2011.