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A source of controversy related to Frida Kahlo
Hidden behind the portraits of Frida Kahlo is the remarkable story of the artist’s life. It is precisely this combination that attracts the spectator. Frida’s work is a testimony of her life; it is not often that one can understand an artist simply by looking within the frame of their paintings. Frida Kahlo is without any doubt Mexico’s gift to art history.
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Shelley’s Art Scandal : L’énigme de Banksy
Nous avons tous au moins entendu le nom de Banksy et sommes probablement tous familiers avec les styles au pochoir controversés qui sont synonymes de son nom; bien qu’il y ait des spéculations sur son identité, nous ignorons qui il est exactement. Banksy a cimenté son nom dans les livres d’histoire de l’art plus tôt cette année, en déchiquetant “Balloon Girl” pendant qu’il était mis aux enchères à Sotheby’s. L’image est passée en mode autodestruction, car il y avait un déchiqueteur de papier caché dans le cadre qui (si vous croyez ce que l’artiste a dit à ce sujet) a été mis en place pour détruire le tableau si jamais…
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Shelley’s Art Musings: Anti Racism or Human Stupidity?
On the lively Parisian street of Rue Mouffetard there is a supermarket. Above this supermarket is a sign, which reads “Au Negre Joyeux” along with a fairly crudely painted picture of a black man and a white woman. This may stir up some feelings in you. We see a black man, dressed in what would have been deemed fine clothes, a napkin around his neck and holding aloft a wine carafe. There seems to be some controversy around the actions being taken in this painting with some saying that he is serving the white woman, and others pointing out that the woman is holding a tray. My interpretation of this…
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Scandals too risqué to be seen?
“Scandal – an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.” Art it completely objective. It is to each and every viewer, something different. So aside from the cultural and political aspects of life, what is it that causes the audiences and critics to deem something scandalous? There are plenty of examples of art which has caused people to be up in arms, so that motivates these emotions in people. And why, when we accept that the visual world is objective, does it sometimes cause uproar of great proportion? When I think of a scandal, I think of something with action and consequence, there…
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