The grim reaper is taking center stage in a number of controversial art projects. German artist Gregor Schneider is reportedly looking for volunteers who are willing to die in his next gallery show. Said Schneider: "I want to display a person dying naturally in the piece or somebody who has just died. My aim is to show the beauty of death." Last year, in Nicaragua, Costa Rican artist Guillermo Vargas stirred up criticism by tying up a dog in a gallery and leaving it to starve to death. Meanwhile, this past month, a Yale art student claimed to have self-induced multiple miscarriages for her thesis project, while the university insisted the project was a media hoax.