ART CRIMES is both a series as well as an individual multimedia work comprised of ceramics, police evidence tags, poetry, writing, supporting documents, and a booklet of select layman’s reviews of the work. Each individual work comes together to create the whole, a record of struggle, rebellion, overzealous policing, and transmutation. At
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The human body, especially the body of a female, has been a point of contention within society since the beginning of time. The body of a woman has rarely been hers. It has been property to man, covered up, shamed, and made to be something immoral. It has become criminal
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
Earlier this year, an artist decided to send a strong message to cops through art. A large graffiti painting with the words that stated, “ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS” in large bubble letters were written on a wall overlooking the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. The painting received multiple reactions from
It is the job of the police officer to keep people safe, but it is the job of the people to know what the officer is allowed to do and what they can’t do. For example, ask if you are free to leave because staying is voluntary; know that in
In this very popular 2008 YouTube video, Rémi Gaillard from France dresses up like a kangaroo and “pranks” people. The pranks include stealing, trespassing, and what some would consider assaulting a policeman. What I ask is that, in this example of freedom of speech, how far can a humorist go?
Punter a 19 year old caught after making up to $10 million dollars worth in damage. When they arrested him, they found black books, computer files and camera pictures of his artwork. The police state that some people may see it as art work but other might not. This is
This is a statue that currently stands in Prague. The statue represents a youngin’ with little or no respect for authority. The officer is being publicly humiliated at the expense of this boy. I wonder if people lose respect for law enforcement after seeing this “artwork”. #satire #art #police #prague
This is a controversial song by Ice-T and the band Body Count. Ice-T ironically played a detective in Law and Order SVU. They talk about planning out and going out and killing cops. This is unfortunately art through music, but how could any decent human being enjoy listening to this
Two of Sweden´s most famous robbers in 1940´s and 1950´s were made statues and are placed outside of the School were the future police officers are educated in Stockholm. The reason for that might be to motivate the future police officers to catch and fight the criminals by placing them