Art Pieces Using Cocaine

This art is illegal.

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Earlier this month, the Internet was stunned and fascinated to see this skull made of compressed cocaine and gelatin, created by the artist Diddo. Namely, they were stunned that it could be called art. But what we realized was that this was far from the first time that the nefarious coca extract was used in some kind of artistic fashion. Whether it is material, situational, referential, or just plain tangential, cocaine has been a media of choice of artists for years past. Here is a list of Art Pieces Using Cocaine

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Exhaled Cocaine by Cornelia Parker, 1996

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Cocainstador by William Acedo, 2012

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Portrait of Laura by Fred Tomaselli, 1995

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American Excess by Plastic Jesus, 2012-2013

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Felix by Fernando Mastrangelo, 2008-2009

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Eat Shit and Die by Dash Snow, 2005

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Ecce Animal by Diddo, 2013

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Self-Portrait Under The Influence of Cocaine by Bryan Lews Saunders, 2008

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Untitled by Tania Bruguera, 2009

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Night Sky Test #1 by Matthew Brandt, 2012

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Powder by Daniel Knorr, 1994

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Cocaine Buffet by Rob Pruitt, 1998

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