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
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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
This is a question that has really made me think a lot in regards to many pieces of what we call “abstract” art. For instance, I’ve thought “If I poke a hole in a cup and fill is with red fluid, and let it run, can I can I call
In a complicated twist of mild voyeurism and exhibitionism, this woman makes what I consider art, in the form of capturing others responses to her presence in front of a tripod and camera. Photographer Haley Morris-Cafiero explains, “I now reverse the gaze and record their reactions to me while I
IM SORRY I KNOW GRAFFITI IS GETTING SO OLD but my boyfriend literally JUST put this on my Facebook wall and it takes it to whole other level. This piece, done by a artist under the pseudonym Blu, is titled “BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on
In addition to all the recent posts involving art pieces that have an element of crime to them, I would like to point out that the occurrence of crime is often a powerful catalyst for moving artworks. This painting by Pablo Picasso, entitled Guernica, was created in response to a
In Brad Downey’s art piece he uses a plane to fly a banner with the image of cloud in the sky. He did this piece of art in order to shake people out of their typical ways of thinking. Jeremy Abernathy of the Huffington Post said, he is “throwing an