http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/transparent-specimens.php
Japanese artist Iori Tomita takes a colorful approach to highlighting the complex compositions of marine life creatures with his collection entitled “New World Transparent Specimens." Tomita was first introduced to the creation of transparent specimens for the scientific purpose of examining minuscule bone structure as an undergraduate student majoring in fisheries. The specimens' flesh is made translucent by a method that dissolves the creatures' natural proteins. The artistry of nature and man-made design converge when vibrant dyes are introduced to the delicate skeletal system. Selectively injecting red dye into the hard bones and blue into the softer bones, Tomita underscores the other worldliness of aquatic life.
Of course this is nothing but Taxidermy, but at least Tomita adds some dyes to his specimens, which (at least) takes it closer to Art than the extraordinarily tedious work of Damien Hirst:
Oh, lord: Think of the next generation of Artists, eyeing their innocent little goldfish, a bottle of Mop-N-Glo acrylic in their hand.
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