Monday, April 30, 2007
Art News Monday
I haven't posted much during the past week, so this Monday's art news round up might be a little longer.
- Coxsoft Art News points to a Banksy self portrait that set a record for the artist (£288,000).
- ArtInfo reports that the Chinese-French artist Huang Yong Ping has been accused of animal cruelty, while the gallery director argued for freedom of expression.
- Dipping into the Blogpond says that Art News Blog is number 61 on the list of Top 100 blogs in Australia.
- ArtDaily looks at the boom in contemporary Asian art and an upcoming auction at Christies.
- Guardian reports that an old couple were caught trying to offload a fake Egyptian statue to a council.
- ArtNewsOnline asks are you looking at art or the price of art?
- TimesOnline talks about the popularity of Andy Warhol at auction.
in reference to: Huang Yong Ping "The gallery said the controversy would be used "to encourage discussions about freedom of expression, power and censorship."
Nice little appeal ;)
"completely ignored the concept and ideology behind this particular art work, citing instead the doctrines of so-called ‘animal rights’ that violently interfere with the rights of an art work to be freely exhibited in an art museum."
Yep, I got it, sooooooooo!!!! the question is, does his right to expression override the suffering he has imposed on animals?
For me the answer is NO!
Nice little appeal ;)
"completely ignored the concept and ideology behind this particular art work, citing instead the doctrines of so-called ‘animal rights’ that violently interfere with the rights of an art work to be freely exhibited in an art museum."
Yep, I got it, sooooooooo!!!! the question is, does his right to expression override the suffering he has imposed on animals?
For me the answer is NO!
The answer is a clear NO for me too Jafabrit. I wouldnt have a problem with the artist torturing himself if he thinks it's some kind of artistic expression, but if he brings helpless animals into it, I would have a problem with it.
And yeah, lists are for the ego. If I let my ego do all my thinking, I would probably demand to be number one..lol. But thankfully I have learned to tell my ego to shutup sometimes. So yeah, I'm just happy that people find my blog at all.
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And yeah, lists are for the ego. If I let my ego do all my thinking, I would probably demand to be number one..lol. But thankfully I have learned to tell my ego to shutup sometimes. So yeah, I'm just happy that people find my blog at all.
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