Everyone across the nation has seen a pair of shoes hanging from a power line or a telephone pole, but no one knows for sure why they are there, could they possibly have some deeper meaning or was it simply just for fun? Due to the widespread phenomena of “shoefiti”
Reverse graffiti is a innovative form of street art with close ties to environmental activists. At most reverse graffiti requires the use of a stencil and a pressure washer, or could use as little as one’s finger. This type of graffiti, is less a type of graffiti and more a
Amina Filali is a 16-year old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after being forced to marry her alleged rapist. Her tragical death dominated Moroccan and international media in March 2012. Amina had accused a young man in her village of rape, but because authorities failed to properly investigate her accusations,
“…[C]riminals are an exception among civilised people and women are the exception among criminals… As a double exception, then, the criminal woman is a monster.” – Cesare Lomroso, Italian Criminologist, 1893 The public’s fascination with women who murder is palpable, if not dangerously obscene. Apart from its statistical rarity, female
I’ve noticed that there are many ads that are promoted through the use of sex. Almost all the time the act is performed by a woman and the material being promoted does not correlate with the topic of sex. In the picture, Kate Upton is presented in a very sexual
I find this image very beautiful and an incredible art form, yet many people may believe this is a complete act of vandalism. I do not think all graffiti art is beautiful but at the same time much of it is. I do not agree with breaking the law but
Actor Shia LaBeouf makes a short film which borrows word-for-word dialog from a comic by Dan Clowes (author/artist of Ghost World). The film plays at festivals, then someone notices the uncredited rip-off, and Shia makes weird apologies via Twitter. Then he makes an apology in the sky with an airplane,
On July 1, 2013 Jeff Olson was acquitted of 13 counts of vandalism charges that could have cost him $13,000 in fines and up to 13 years in jail. The vandalism in question concerned drawings made in chalk on the sidewalks in front of three San Diego Bank of America
Paul Kaplan of the ACA and ACA contributor Daniel LaChance will be presenting a paper they’ve co-authored on To Catch a Predator at the Law & Society conference in Boston on Friday (May 31, 2013) at 10:15 am in Room 21 of the Boston Sheraton Hotel.
When it comes to modern-day art pieces, many people gawk at the recreation of an original art piece that’s been transformed into something a little different. Appropriation of art is the re-use of pre-existing art with very little to no changes made to them. It’s been argued that appropriation is