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Let’s Play a Game: What’s in the Paint?

October 13, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

For a moment, I’d like you, the reader, to imagine yourself as an artist. You are more than likely an intellectual, capable of viewing the world from a multitude of perspectives beyond that of the average person. Perhaps you are conservative in your work, meticulous in planning, and take months

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Savagery at its Finest

October 13, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

There is a preconceived notion of many, that the hip hop and rap produced the current era has decreased in inherent value and has turned towards a less meaningful avenue. There is an implication that this type of music is not the art that it used to be, and therefore

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21st Century Depression

October 13, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

In an age with fleeting attention spans, it is more difficult to grab the captivation of those around you. For many, this desperate search for attention comes from the desire to be acknowledged in their lives. Often, depressive periods can change one for the better, as it requires deep intra-personal

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Too Soon or Not Soon Enough? AHS Commentary on American Fear

October 12, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

American Horror Story is a television series that prides itself on the shock and awe of gory, horrific, and griping thrill. Each season is set in a different time period and location in America and brings the viewers into a horror movie that lasts through several episodes. This series is

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The Emperor Has No Balls

October 12, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

The largest illegal graffiti piece in the world. A naked statue of Donald Trump in New York’s Union Square. Fake clowns dressed as KKK members and hung from a tree in Virginia. These, among other works displayed across many cities around the world since 2001, belong to the “American Activist

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“You Are Welcome Here”

October 11, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Ten months of fingerprints, an interview, an examination, close evaluations of my driving record and trips outside of the U.S. later, I have made it to my Naturalization Ceremony. Almost one year ago I applied to become a citizen of the United States of America, mailing in my N-400 application

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Confederate Statues: Symbol of Cultural Art or Racism?

October 10, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

The history of America has been preserved in different artistic materials such as the Confederate statues. These statues have particular expressed America’s violent history and had celebrated it as such from one generation to another. However, there has been a wave of violence sparked by the debate surrounding these confederate

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Art’s Burden

October 5, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

A twelve-year-old boy was seriously injured from a motor scooter accident and the doctor had to administer immediate surgery; the surgery was so urgent that anesthetic was not given. What kind of impact do you think this would have on a kid? For Chris Burden, he called it “formative”, and

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The Man, The Myth, The Legend

October 5, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

In a string of contradictions, one man successfully attains the status of being both a famous artist and infamous criminal at the same time. Joe Gibbons is the man, his notoriety as an art thief makes him the myth, and his legacy as an artist makes him the legend. Since

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The Vandalism of the Little Mermaid

October 5, 2017February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

Who would have thought that the Little Mermaid would amass such great controversy in the country of Denmark? The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, was commissioned by Carl Jacobsen of Carlsberg beer as a gift to the city. Based on the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale “The Little

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