The Hunger Artist

The Hunger Artist is about a man who starves himself as a form of art. people come to see him and some even stay overnight to make sure that he doesn't cheat and eat while noone's there. To me, this type of art doesn't make sense. Art is supposed to be a thing of beauty, but to see someone immatiated and starving themselves is deffinitely not something beautiful. I understand why it died out by the time he ended up in the circus, with noone paying attention to him, running straight past his cage to see the animals. I also think that it's a sick idea. To cage someone, like an animal, and have them watched.