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Artist to Smoke Kurt Cobain's Ashes

Nirvana frontman's supposed remains, stolen from wife, will star in Berlin exhibition

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2008 2:34 PM CDT

(Newser) – An Australian performance artist who claims to have obtained late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s ashes will smoke them at a Berlin exhibition, NME reports. Artist Natascha Stellmach says the lighting up will symbolize Cobain’s ultimate freedom from the media. As to how she came by the remains, which were stolen from Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love, in May: “That's confidential and kind of magic.”

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Singer Courtney Love and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain pose as they arrive at a gala. (AP Photo)

Kurt Cobain. (AP Photo)

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That's confidential and kind of magic. They came to me. And I am setting him free. - Natascha Stellmach, on her acquisition of Cobain's ashes

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Artist to Smoke Kurt Cobain's Ashes