Sleeping Beauty: The 'insane' art exhibit that forces people to get married

A Ukrainian art installation invites wannabe Prince Charmings to kiss a sleeping princess. The catch: If she wakes up, the next step is the altar

The "Sleeping Beauty" exhibition
(Image credit: Screen shot, Telegraph.com)

A Canadian-Ukranian artist named Taras Polataiko has taken the concept of loving art to a disturbing new level. For an installation called "Sleeping Beauty" at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Polataiko has recruited several women to dress up like princesses and, feigning sleep, await the transformative kiss of a real-life Prince Charming. Here's the curveball: Any male museum-goer who kisses one of the "Sleeping Beauties" may have to marry her (see a video below). Is this a thought-provoking statement about... something? Or just crazy? Here, a brief guide:

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