Perky ones, fat ones, hairy ones. Even tattooed ones. For every person, there is a bottom. And at the Recoleta Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires, they've all been on show, in all their glory.

The proud purveyor of all these posteriors is Chilean visual artist Catalina Riutort. She says the exhibition is one of "common, everyday people, represented by barcodes, which correspond to their identity card".

She adds that it also talks about hidden identity.

"It's the people we never see. Because we're all used to seeing what the media show us. Standardised people, models, perfection, happiness. There's also a bit of irony about identity, because in this accumulation of people, you can't recognise anyone."

Not even Ms Riutort herself, who confessed that her fine behind is among the 600 bottoms on show (though she wouldn't say which one). Most of them are Chilean, though a couple of Argentine and American posteriors are also included.

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A fine example of why I consider 'modern art' the result of sloppy work of customs officials in stopping crack getting into the country