Music plays an enormous part in defining our past and present culture. Whereas the happy and upbeat music of the 1950s endorsed the idealistic, “peachy-keen” mentality, the punk music of the 1970s was fashioned as a means for rebellion against authority and societal norms. One specific genre of music has
When we think of prison we think of many different things. We think of crime, punishment and murder just to name a few. One of the things we don’t usually associate with prison is art, but sometimes the most beautiful art can come out of prisons. And sometimes art can
The ideals of traditional folk music seem to clash with the progressive philosophies of feminism. Most all topics of traditional folk music allude to gender inequality, which is understandable when considering the time period in which folk music began. While there are some themes that simply indicate gender inequality, there
Julian Assange founded the international organization WikiLeaks, where anonymous sources could publish classified governmental information to be leaked to the general public. Assange claims that he created this site because the “public needed to know” about the shady, covert affairs of the government. While this may have been his initial
The film 21 illustrates a significant overlap between art and crime. Inspired by the true story of card counters at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the gifted MIT student, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), uses creativity and performance art to scam the gambling system in Las Vegas, and earn hundreds of thousands
The argument of whether a forgery is actually art derives from how art is defined and what is the intent of the creator of the forgery. In all instances, a forger has the intent to defraud a client, dealer or gallery and pass the work of art off as an
The art of tattooing has become mainstream in today’s society. As tattoos are slowly starting to possess a primarily aesthetic purpose, it is easy to lose sight of the representative value tattoos have had in the past. For incarcerated criminals, the purpose of tattoos is merely in their function; they
Miley Cyrus has come a long way from the country-grown Hannah Montana star that America fell in love with. The official declaration of the new Cyrus was established with her infamous 2013 VMA performance, where she donned a racy leotard and did questionably inappropriate things to Robin Thicke with a
It has been said that we are each exposed to over 2,000 ads a day, making the advertisement industry perhaps the most influential force in society. With this power, advertisement companies abuse beauty as tool for seduction and profit. The media portrays an idealized version of what a woman should
People fight oppression in a lot of different ways. Some react violently, committing acts such as burning down buildings and engaging in physical fights, while others, such as Gandhi, fasted and peacefully protested. Tupac and the dancers in David LaChapelle’s Rize (2005) use art as a means of protesting their