You know how a forensic artist can draw/sketch a suspect’s face using information from an interview with the victim? Kevin Van Aelst, in an exercise similar to those of the CSI, replicates, to a very high degree of accuracy, his own fingerprints. We believe this practice would not be terribly useful in solving a case of crime, since there is no obvious need for representing fingerprints, say, on a pie. In fact, we can’t think of any practical use for this particular work of Mr. Van Aelst, so, we call it – Art.

And, no. Mr. Van Aelst does not have only 8 fingers. For security reasons we left out a thumb and an index finger.