To market, to market – the meat market that is. The meat industry has become increasingly popular and fashionable. New York City’s Meatpacking District, which was once a string of sketchy mafia-filled alleys is now a trendy spot filled with overpriced restaurants and super chic boutiques. But most of all, the art world has been plagued by this strange and mildly morbid obsession.

The latest addition to this meat mania is the “Meat After Meat Joy” exhibit at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, Mass. The exhibition features the work of 10 artists who either see meat as their muse or use it in their creations. I'll admit, at first glance I couldn't help but cringe at the sight of meat-inspired paintings and sculptures but the more I saw, the more I wanted to see. 

One contributing artist whose work is particularly mind-blowing is Tamara Kostianovsky. The Israeli/Argentinean Kostianovsky uses meat as her subject and inspiration to reflect the Argentine economic fall through their best product - meat. Most of her work is constructed of articles of her own clothing and formed to look like butchered Grade-A beef. 

Other artists included in the gang are Betty Hirsch, a phallic aficionada who sculpts and molds meat into what seems like skinless penises and other organs. 

Hatry’s “Meat After Meat Joy” exhibit was named after feminist artist Carole Schneemann’s 1964 video performance portraying an orgy-like struggle between men and women. Currently filling Schneemann’s shoes is feminist artist Maria Friberg’s video with her video currently playing 24 hours a day at MIT’s Media Test Wall.

To catch a glimpse of this very raw and meaty exhibit, visit the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge. The exhibit is going on from June 21 – July 20.