Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's ashes 'to be smoked in spliff'

German artist Natascha Stellmach is claiming that she will smoke the ashes of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in a spliff as part of an art exhibition.

Kurt Cobain's ashes were stolen from Courtney Love in May. In a statement Stellmach claimed she had "acquired" the ashes, and would smoke them as part of the Set Me Free exhibition at Berlin's Wagner + Partner gallery.

The smoking of the ashes will take place at what is being billed as the "final act" of the exhibition, which climaxes on October 11.

Stellmach is claiming that the act will symobillically "set free" Cobain from the media circus.

The smoking will be one of various acts undertaken by artists as part of the exhibition involving the dead. Danish artist Marco Evarissti plans to feed death row inmate Gene Hathorn to goldfish as part of the show.

The claim of ashes ownership has aroused suspicion among fans, who have posted messages online voicing scepticism that the remains are in fact those of the late singer/guitarist.

Asked how she came to have Cobain's ashes, let alone smoke them, Stellmach told the magazine Artworld: "That's confidential and kind of magic. They came to me. And I am setting him free.”


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The ashes of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain were not stolen from the home of his widow Courtney Love, Gigwise can reveal.

In June, the News of the World newspaper claimed the ashes had been taken from Love's Hollywood home along with thousands of pounds worth of clothes and jewellery.

But her publicist, Alan Nierob, has told Gigwise that Cobain's remains “were never taken” and said the story had been “erroneously reported”.

Mr Nierob responded after a German artist claimed she would smoke Cobain's ashes as part of an exhibition at Berlin's Wagner + Partner gallery later this month.

A statement for the exhibition said Natascha Stellmach had “acquired” Cobain's ashes by a “kind of magic” and would smoke them in order to free Cobain “into the ether from the media circus”.

Speaking exclusively to Gigwise, Mr Nierob said Ms Stellmach's and the exhibition's claims are a “complete fabrication in every way.”

Cobain committed suicide in 1994 at the age of 27. His death, the result of a single shotgun wound, has become the subject of fascination among fans and conspiractists.


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