The Experiment (2016) by Elmgreen & Dragset courtesy Elmgreen & Dragset
Lovers of ink art have been admiring pop superstar Sam Smith’s latest tattoo on their right bicep showing a shirtless figure in underwear and high heels. The striking work honours the singer’s non-binary identity but the new tattoo looks remarkably like a drawing created by the Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset who created a very similar work called
The Experiment for a 2016 book entitled
Art Colouring Book-Facing Gender Diversity (other artists featured in the publication, compiled by gender sociologist Cecilie Nørgaard, include Olafur Eliasson, Sara Trier and David Shrigley). Maverick pair Elmgreen & Dragset also made a sculpture of the childlike figure who is gazing into a mirror. “We are not neurotic about copyright,” Michael Elmgreen tells