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Political Activism Through Street Art

July 28, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

This is a photo I recently took in Tijuana, Mexico. The mural on the left side depicts an authoritarian governmental figure that exploits the general public despite the public’s objection. Murals like the ones depicted and even those that do not communicate political messages are often painted over with grey

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Potato Jesus

July 28, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

The Ecce Homo Painting is a botched restoration by Cecilia Jimenez. She saw that the picture of Jesus was fading, so she decided to take it upon herself to restore the painting. As you can see, she did a terrible job and many people accused her of vandalism. She later

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Banksy: Elephant in the Room

July 28, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Banksy is a well known, elusive artist, known for his artistic pranks. He travels to random, well-known areas to display (basically vandalize) his art in grandiose fashions. For example, he would paint beautiful murals in areas without permission, but since they’re so pretty, the owners of that wall would keep

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Performance Artist Arrested For Public Indecency

July 27, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Performance art often skirts the line between criminal and art and Milo Moiré was a little too much on the criminal side and was arrested by the London police for public indecency. Moiré’s newest work, Mirror Box, allowed the public to touch her breast and vagina in this mirror box

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YOLO!! No for real, You only live once, don’t die for a squirtle

July 27, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of the Pokemon Go app (I have seen and talked to more people outside in the last month than the last year). What I am not a fan of is blatant stupidity, idiocy- despite its inherent consequential tendency toward those

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Japan’s Lolicon Problem

July 27, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Japan has already been mentioned in class for having little to none violent crime, with the exception of sexual abuse of minors. Japan has turned heads before for it’s unabashed standards of sexuality and to Westerners, catering to strange fetishes in the form of vending machines of used panties, sexual

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Is it glorifying crime or fighting stereotypes?

July 27, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Dope is a film about a young African-American high school senior named Malcolm, who accidentally finds himself in possession of drugs and a weapon after attending a party hosted by a drug dealer named Dom. The party ended after a shoot out between the rival gangs and police intervention. Despite

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Controversial Art banned on Facebook

July 27, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Is censorship ever justified and acceptable? Cuban artist Erik Ravelo created a controversial photography project titled “Los Intocables” which means “The Untouchables”. This project is designed to point out and discuss the topic of violence against children across the globe. The art project consists of many photographs in which each

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Art and its Limitations

July 26, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Two years ago, professional photographer Raj Shetye, shot an editorial of a woman surrounded by lustful men in a bus. Two years prior to this photoshoot, A 23 year old woman was raped on a private bus in South Delhi, where she was riding with her friend who was also

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The Unspoken Language of Prison: Tattoos as Symbols of Identity, Belonging, and Status

July 26, 2016February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

This video is yet another proof of how art shapes criminality and how criminality shapes art. A teardrop tattoo is a perfect example of the effects of criminal world on societal cognition and perception. Indeed, rap culture made a common for prisoners teardrop tattoo popular among the general public. In

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