In a Florida museum there was an exhibit of human bodies. The exhibit used real corpses that are posed in various positions, fetuses, and other body parts. The exhibit caused some type of controversy because the bodies were unidentified/unclaimed individuals from China and there was never any consent given to
In the image above depicts the National Rifle Association’s logo with a hunting rifle and the phrase, “Protect your Right.” This shirt was worn by a 14 year old teenager named Jared Marcum from West Virginia. His teacher confronted him about the shirt he was wearing believing that it went
I have recently seen 3D chalk art popping up around on blogs that i follow and also at chalk art festivals I have been to recently. Much of this art (besides in festivals) is impromptu and, although not too terrible, disrupts the typical days of people. In general, street art
This article, published April 22, 2013 on TheAtlantic.com, was written by Orin Kerr and Lawrence Lessig. Their self described interest in the matter is as follows: “One of us is a Republican former prosecutor, the other a progressive activist. But we are united on this issue, because all of modern
This article, published April 22, 2013 on TheAtlantic.com, was written by Orin Kerr and Lawrence Lessig. Their self described interest in the matter is as follows: “One of us is a Republican former prosecutor, the other a progressive activist. But we are united on this issue, because all of modern
It is one thing to have art that is criminal, but a completely different thing to have a criminal create art. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Germany party was an artist. He tried to get into art school, and applied twice to The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and
@DictatorHitler and other parody twitter accounts hold nothing back in the name of humor. Ranging in everything from @LordVoldemort to @yaboybillnye, by acknowledging that they are parody accounts are given full freedom of speech. Whoever controls the account is able wear a mask and show a social media-obsessed version of
Nintendo of Japan released an anticipated game called Mother 3 in their home country, and then didn’t bother to translate and bring it over to the states, perhaps in response to the disappointing sales in American for Mother 2, retitled Earthbound. A rabid fanbase of the series called Starman.net begged
In 1970, John Baldessari wanted to display a human cadaver behind a peep-hole. The body would be presented in the same way as it was in Andrea Mantegna’s painting “The Lamentation over the Dead Christ” (pictured above). However, because of legal restrictions he could not. In 20011, Hans Ulrich Obrist
Artists such as DS 13 and Alex TMT are using street art in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to talk about socio-political issues. Yogyakartra is a city of students, culture and art with many movements going on. The street artists work individually or in groups to create vibrant works that respond to daily