Shock art: can grossing people out be considered an art form?

In her new web series, art historian Christina Chau asks whether disgusting viewers runs the risk of closing minds instead of opening themEmerging from a bath filled with stew – potatoes, carrots, onions and all – the art historian Dr Christina Chau is a little disgusted and not entirely impressed. “If you really want to confront people’s stereotypes, I think you’ve got to ease them into it,” she says. “I think if you make them feel uncomfortable, they&r