Anytime people think or speak about terrorism, art as a topic would be the last thing on their minds. Apparently, there is a high relation between the artistic expression concept and the events of terrorism whereby if one can relate terrorists’ acts and performance in a theatre it is easy
How does one draw a contrast between art and pornorgraphy? Art and crime? A New York artist prompted his city’s police to do just that when he had “150 people to lie naked in the middle of Times Square” (Ramirez) to pose for a photo. Spencer Tunick, aims to do
Is the strong appreciation of the beauty of art that drives people to commit thievery and seize admired pieces from museums and collections? Who is to decide what is good or bad art? In contrast, would hatred and disapproval of certain art forms or styles eventually cause destruction through criminal
Imagine walking into a museum filled with patrons and disrobing in front of everyone. Deborah De Robertis is a performance artist who is known for exposing her genitals in front of people and paintings, but its not because she is an exhibitionist. While the room stares at her, she gazes
Each and every day, the human population is exposed to and at times bombarded with expressions of contemporary artistry. Often, these patterns and paradigms, as well as their cultural significance, go unseen and unnoticed. This does not occur intentionally, but rather thoughtlessly, just as one flips through a multitude of
Courtroom sketches allow a peek into private federal court cases that cameras are unable to capture. Sketch artists are sent in with a journalistic purpose, depicting what the public is missing in the courtroom. Depending on various factors, such as where the artist is sitting in the courtroom or how
Self-harm has been a controversial topic for a long time. It is associated with certain mental illnesses’ and is, for the most part, frowned upon in society. The mindset that an individual must possess to engage in self-harm is one that we as a society try to change and help
A few weeks ago, I watched “The Social Network” for the first time, not at all expecting the controversies and insanity that surrounded the creation and founding of one of the largest, if not the largest, social networking sites in the world: Facebook. Facebook, in and of itself, is an
The Charlottesville white nationalist rally in August made international news for its pure outrageousness and the strong emotions it often evoked. Hundreds of tiki-torch-wielding far-right protesters marched through a University of Virginia campus chanting a chorus of xenophobic phrases such as “you… will not… replace us!” There were clashes with
In recent years, several communities have been affected by a rise in anti-Muslim incidents and New York City is no exception. In early July of 2017, several newspapers reported on an incident that took place outside of a mosque in Hyde Park, though it is still unclear to reporters and