Bryan Lewis Saunders is an incredibly wild artist to say the least. From performance art and spoken word to painting self-portraits on drugs, Saunders breaks boundaries of self-expression. Included are photos from the project Saunders created where he took different drugs and created self-portraits. Many of these drugs I have
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The act of stealing is a crime a crime that can span across a number of aspects of our lives. Stealing can be something as typical as taking an object from someone else, a robbery, breaking into a bank and taking the money there, or it can even be the
During the 1970s, the Bronx was bathed in blood. Gangs could be found on every street corner, and death by gunshot was an every day occurrence. Skip back to 1963, when Jewish, Irish, and other various ethnicities still populated the Bronx. The streets were filled with protesters and progressives- people
According to the law, graffiti is illegal when it is painted on someone else’s property. Banksy, an artist from Britain, has made a career out of painting graffiti in public places. In his defiance of the law by drawing and stenciling designs on unauthorized walls, Banksy’s work was first looked
“The Triumph of Civic Virtue” by Frederick MacMonnies has sparked many controversies in Queens. The statue depicting a nude male standing on top of several female figures, who are “allegories of vice.” The most notable opposer is Democratic representative Anthony Weiner. He wrote to commissioner Edna Wells Handy, “It’s time
Artworks that are created by gangster, killers, or shooters have been auctioned off for thousands. If not for these infamous criminal artist would these artworks be worth so much money? Many of these artists lack technical abilities therefore implying that the arts value stems from the heinous crimes committed. These
In the picture above, Diego Velázquez’s 1650 portrait of Pope Innocent X is on the left while Francis Bacon’s “Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” is on the right. Francis Bacon’s work entitled “Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” is indicative of classic détournement. When placed
George Lawler was in for a major surprise when he found out that his father was the muse for proclaimed artist, Andy Warhol. Lawler was adopted at the age of 2 by his mother’s sister and her husband. At the age of 14 his adopted father told him that his
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
This one is pretty graphic and creepy, but it’s about an 18th century French anatomist named Honore Fragonard, cousin of Jean Honore Fragonard. Originally, he was a professor of anatomy at a university, but was expelled six years later as a madman. Honore Fragonard would acquire corpses, sculpt them into