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
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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
Deliberately burning or destroying a Bible to make an artistic or political statement is not novel in this more secular age. What’s so unusual about this exhibit is that the artist, Paul Roorda, isn’t burning Bibles to make a statement against the book or the religion. To destroy a Bible
Now, this is the article where crime and art definitely overlap. “Crime, prevention and security in the arts – tips from the experts” is a piece I found on the Cultural Professionals UK News Website, written by Matthew Caines. Caines discusses that “crime prevention is all about identifying the threats,
HERE IS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/marni_kotak_gives_birth.php In October 2011, performance artist Marni Kotak performed a very curious piece of art. Kotak set up a home birth room inside the Microscope Gallery in Brushwick, Pennsylvania–with her grandmother’s bed, her mother’s chair, and a miniature inflatable pool–for a month-long gallery
Banksy is a graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter based in England. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artisitc works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities
Damien Hirst faces eight new claims of plagiarism List includes In the Name of the Father, Pharmacy, as well as the spin and spot paintings From formaldehyde-immersed sharks to diamond-encrusted skulls, Damien Hirst has become used to taking flak from traditionalists. Dalya Alberge The Guardian, Thursday 2 September 2010 13.40