There were paintings, sculptures and photos freely. But on the "Art" (art) should come only one time: an almost naked man in a cage was the main attraction at "Heartwork", the great benefit art auction on Monday evening at the K 21
Approximately 50 works of famous artists like Tony Cragg, Georg Baselitz, Wolfgang Niedecken, Otmar Alt and Jonathan Meese were auctioned in the former parliament Andreas Rumbler of Christie's auctioneers in favor of people with HIV and AIDS. One of them alive and throwing ping pong balls into a Kloschüsssel: "Neuhaus", the cage man of the Düsseldorf artist Stephan Kaluza. The first time that a person is declared a work of art.
Starting bid for "Mr. Neuhaus' (in" real life "47 years old, record producer, married with two children): $ 1500. The one auctioned him including cage, toilet and table tennis balls, thus automatically gained the right to issue him with him at home on and off. Coupled with the duty to feed him "physically valuable to keep dry and warm" and treat him "morally decent. Such is the will drawn up by the Kaluza rules.
