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A House Amok at MUMOK

An art museum in Vienna, who somewhat ripped off the MOMA name, is currently showing a pretty wacky exhibition.

The Museum Moderner Kunst (Museum of Modern Art) in Austria's capital allowed local sculptor Erwin Wurm to hire a couple of cranes, create a house-shaped and house-sized sculpture, and drop it onto the roof.

Okay, a little more care was taken than that, but the end effect is the same, with a small house that looks like it fell from the sky hanging on the edge of the tall museum's roof. Wurm says it's all a protest against over-development. Does this mean he doesn't like Extreme Home Makeover?

And what happens when his next protest is against people or entire cities--will he tip them on top of the museum, too? Someone may want to review this artist's funding.

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