Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still se the pictures as anti-porn and I still find that Kyle did warn about the content and it would not bother me if an exhibition was or was not funded - and as Eric ask - would I take my Mom - no she would have seen the show before I got around reading about it and shes 77 ! sam wrote: > Let me add to the fray by making this comment: I don't care what > anybody considers art to be. I have my own sense of what art is and do > not insist others adhere to it. But I do insist that I not be forced > to indulge in other people's fantasies through public funding. The > mechanism for arts funding in the United States is corrupt and > absurdly political. "Powerful" work like Cumshots need to find a > patron to foot the bill. Utopian dreamers ought not have the power to > take money from hard-working people to fester, uh rather, foster art > for public consumption. > > Some say that how a country supports the arts is the measure of its > intelligence and sophistication but fail to understand that it is much > more a case of national manipulation. A few rarefied queer ducks > gleefully spending other people's money doing things heretofore illegal. > > Lunacy. > > > Sam S > > > > > RUBEN BLĘDEL wrote: > >> The cumshots as well as the drugshots are very strong and starts a >> chain reactions of refelctions - its powerful - I would not buy it >> but its artistic impact is powerful and I am happy that you got our >> attention on this exhibit ! >> >> Kyle Cassidy wrote: >> >>> Not for the faint of heart, but the art world (in which some artists >>> use >>> cameras) swings back and forth. Ashkan Sahihi's made a "sensational" >>> series >>> of images that are only offensive with the proper text accompanying >>> them. >>> And he's made an interesting comment on pornography without using >>> nudity. >>> Which is interesting in and of itself. Are people trying, >>> intentionally now, >>> to be the next robert maplethorpe, or andreas serrano? Probably not, >>> but >>> they pushed the envelope in a very different direction and it's >>> never going >>> to lose that shape, it'll just keep going. >>> >>> Ah, the LUG, that's where I get the art scene buzz..... >>> >>> Again -- a warning -- no nudity, but graphic sexual content. >>> >>> Interview about the exhibit: >>> >>> http://www.nerve.com/Dispatches/Martin/Face_premium/Face_text.asp >>> >>> And the exhibit: >>> >>> http://www.axelraben.com/sahihi/cumShots/ >>> >>> kc >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html