Art, fine, but fine art?
So I hope all of you raised a glass in honour of George Carlin.
PFUCKA, George! It's not gonna be the same without you.
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And now on to the subject of art.
Recently, someone on one of my boards recently posted some really nice pics of his hometown of Oslo. They included sculpture by a bloke named Gustav Vigeland.
Wonderful, powerful, tender works of nude figures - usually families - like the dad above, toting his two babies. Well it sparked a discussion on how that sort of thing wouldn't fly over here and I wondered, as I often do, about why folks have such a problem with the nude, non aroused, human form. Especially in art.
I mean it's fucking art, for fuck's sake! Shit.
Why would a marble tit offend you? Or a bronze penis in repose? Who gives a great flying fuck at the moon? Does a copper cootch (or a plaster pudenda) in a park somewhere affect your lifestyle adversly?
So Vigeland's on my list of faves.
I also like Spencer Tunick, the bloke who poses all the nude people and photographs them. How cool a job is that?
Recently, I re-discovered an artist and learned that he had a decidedly bawdy side. w00t!
He's Aubrey Beardsley of the elegant Art Neuveau style. I had NO idea that he had done mostly erotica. He's definately my kinda artist:
I'm lovin' the little guy on the left!
So, what's your opinion of nudity in art? I'm not talking about Beardsley type stuff that is clearly erotica. I mean just nekkid peoples. Sculpted, painted, photographed, whatever.
PFUCKA, George! It's not gonna be the same without you.
-----
And now on to the subject of art.
Recently, someone on one of my boards recently posted some really nice pics of his hometown of Oslo. They included sculpture by a bloke named Gustav Vigeland.
Wonderful, powerful, tender works of nude figures - usually families - like the dad above, toting his two babies. Well it sparked a discussion on how that sort of thing wouldn't fly over here and I wondered, as I often do, about why folks have such a problem with the nude, non aroused, human form. Especially in art.
I mean it's fucking art, for fuck's sake! Shit.
Why would a marble tit offend you? Or a bronze penis in repose? Who gives a great flying fuck at the moon? Does a copper cootch (or a plaster pudenda) in a park somewhere affect your lifestyle adversly?
So Vigeland's on my list of faves.
I also like Spencer Tunick, the bloke who poses all the nude people and photographs them. How cool a job is that?
Recently, I re-discovered an artist and learned that he had a decidedly bawdy side. w00t!
He's Aubrey Beardsley of the elegant Art Neuveau style. I had NO idea that he had done mostly erotica. He's definately my kinda artist:
I'm lovin' the little guy on the left!
So, what's your opinion of nudity in art? I'm not talking about Beardsley type stuff that is clearly erotica. I mean just nekkid peoples. Sculpted, painted, photographed, whatever.
Labels: Penises, Random crap
posted by MrsEvilGenius at 12:45 PM
1 Comments:
I have exactly ZERO problem with nekkedness (Gee! I bet THAT comes as a surprise, huh?) and I think that, in fact, we should have more of it. Our collective self-image is so fucked up that it might do us some good to see what real people look like under all those clothes.
I thought of you the other day, Blue. Mr. Chili and I were in a cool shop - hang on, lemme see if they have a website... here! http://www.qualitycondoms.com/ -
and they had a cool bumper sticker (in addition to a lot of OTHER cool things - I'm surprised Mr. Chili came in with me, really) that said "Change how you SEE, not how you LOOK." I loved that, and I think there's a blog post in there somewhere...
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