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Vienna : Austria | about 1 year ago  
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  • Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria...
    Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria...
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    A woman looks into the exhibit "Wellness Skull" made by the artist Joep van ...
  • Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria...
    Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria...
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    A man sits inside the exhibit "Wellness Skull" made by the artist Joep van ...
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    The Wellness Skull is an impressive large skull. Just like Wellness centers ...
Skull with built-in sauna turns heads in Austria...

In Vienna an oversize skull with a built-in sauna is turning heads in the Austrian capital. The structure, which is near a busy Vienna intersection, is called the "Wellness Skull" and is equipped with a bathtub and shower in the neck of the frame. It stands 15 feet tall and is made of wood and some synthetic materials. The Dutch artist who made this is Joep van Lieshout.

Van Lieshout is big on body parts. This was part of a series linked entirely to body parts.

Tourists and locals alike appeared astounded by the skull on Monday, two days before it officially goes on display as part of an effort by Public Art Vienna to revitalize and enhance urban space around the capital.

"It's the most random thing I've seen in Vienna," said 27-year-old Nick Abrahams from London as he walked it Monday afternoon.

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    It's really a piece that has many different interpretations," van Lieshout said when asked about the skull's deeper meaning. "Like a painter uses paint, I use design." Tourists and locals alike appeared astounded by the skull on Monday, two days...
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