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"How much would you have to be paid to temporarily hand over your purse to a stranger? Would $650 be enough? For six women it was&amp;amp;#8212;and you&amp;amp;#8217;ll never believe what happened to the bags!German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has displayed the contents of six real women&amp;amp;#8217;s bags as part of his solo art show at London&amp;amp;#8217;s Serpentine Gallery. You see everything, from piles of loose spare change to dirty flats to business cards, all laid out perfectly. A shot of one of the bags on display at Hans-Peter Feldmann&amp;#x27;s show at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Although he didn&amp;amp;#8217;t approach total strangers&amp;amp;#8212;as the artist told The Guardian, &amp;amp;#8220;I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t go up to women randomly, they would have called the police&amp;amp;#8221;&amp;amp;#8212;he only asked slight acquaintances, and they had to give up their bag that instant if they wanted to be included in the show. For their troubles&amp;amp;#8212;and for putting up with their bag and all the contents inside (except for passports and credit cards, which they got to keep) going missing for a few weeks&amp;amp;#8212;he paid them each about $650. While some people question whether or not this could really be considered art, what we found interesting was the concept itself; it&amp;amp;#8217;s hard not to feel protective of your handbag, as if it&amp;amp;#8217;s some sort of extension of yourself. It&amp;amp;#8217;s that sort of secrecy that inspired Feldmann in the first place: &amp;amp;#8220;I remember my mother and her handbag and it was a taboo to look at what was in it, a really strict taboo,&amp;amp;#8221; he said. It even got the gallery director, Julia Peyton-Jones, thinking about what would happen if she sorted through the contents of her bag. &amp;amp;#8220;Which I do on a regular basis,&amp;amp;#8221; she told The Guardian, adding, &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s handbag cleansing because otherwise you amass the most incredible things and you come across a half-eaten sandwich, or whatever.&amp;amp;#8221; Be honest: What sorts of things would people find in your bag? And would you take $650 if it meant that the public would see what you stash in there? PLUS... -How to organize your handbags (and other genius purse-storing tips) -DIY idea: update a handbag you don&amp;#x27;t like like this -My favorite new clutch is actually a makeup bag! Photo: Jerry Hardman-Jones, courtesy of Serpentine Gallery"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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