I think the most tasteless work of art I've ever seen was probably Death by the Chapman Brothers.
At first glance, it appears to be two blow-up sex dolls in the 69 position on an inflatable mattress.
Actually, it's an original sculpture, cast in bronze, and carefully painted to resemble blow-up sex dolls in the 69 position on an inflatable mattress.
Oh. Dear. I'm scandalized. How shocking. Shockingly banal, that is.
What a total waste of effort. If Beavis and Butthead had grown up to be artists, they would have been the Chapman Brothers.
Death epitomizes one of the very worst trends in contemporary art--namely, shock for shock's sake.
These two clowns don't seem to realize that Marcel Duchamp did this ninety years ago, and did it better--and what's more, stopped doing it, after he had made his point.