Is This Ear Art?

What constitutes art is becoming more and more farcical. This Cyprus-born twit who lives and performs in Australia - Stelios Arcadiou, who calls himself Stelarc - has had an extra ear grafted on to his forearm as some sort of art installation! The plastic surgeon who created this ear might be an artist, but I can't see how the recipient can claim to be one. He's just a fleshy blank slate.