The Ukraine-born, Sweden-based artist Nathalia Edenmont defended her work
against animal-rights protesters in December by claiming a higher virtue in
killing animals if she does it to make an artistic point. Her latest artistic
points (according to the owner of the Stockholm gallery exhibiting Edenmont's
work): Her photo of a hand with dead mice stuck on each finger represents the
five stars of the former Soviet Union, which Edenmont believes was responsible
for her mother's murder, and a photo of several dead mice all pointing in the
same direction represents the "cowardice" of Swedish society. Sydney Morning
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