If you have no talent, you'll have to settle for controversy

[Eldritch]

That's what Italian artist Max Papeschi obviously had in mind when he created these images, for a Polish art gallery no less.

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Poland_banner.jpg

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NaziSexyMouse.jpg

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NaziPinkieMouse.jpg

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Greetings-From-Baghdad.jpg

Love the title on this one. Not only is it a Communist duck, it's a Communist fucking duck. :eek:
http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/CommunistFuckingDuck.jpg

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Torah-Defensor.jpg

Source. (http://animalnewyork.com/2010/07/would-a-pink-nazisexymouse-upset-poland-less/)

[Curtis24]

If you have no talent, you'll have to settle for controversy

This is almost the essence of American culture.

[The Lawspeaker]

"Shakes head in utter disbelief"..
Well there is still freedom of expression- or at least there ought to be.
I just hope that he didn't get any subsidies for it..

[Piparskeggr]

You know, most anybody with internet access and an image processing program could have composed these images. <shrug> <yawn>

[Beorn]

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Torah-Defensor.jpg

Source. (http://animalnewyork.com/2010/07/would-a-pink-nazisexymouse-upset-poland-less/)

e9bS1dE0ps8

It takes great talent to piss off Nazis, Commies and Jews in one go.

I take my imaginary hat off to him.

:yo:

[Eldritch]

"Shakes head in utter disbelief"..
Well there is still freedom of expression- or at least there ought to be.


Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone producing "art" (I hesitated for a moment before putting the word in quotations btw -- but I guess bad art is art too) like this if they absolutely have to.

But I also am under no obligation to find it in any way clever, or refreshing, or shocking, or controversial, or useful.

I mean, our Osweo could fart these out at a rate of five per hour using Microsoft Paint while he was half asleep if he wanted to. :p

[Osweo]

I mean, our Osweo could fart these out at a rate of five per hour using Microsoft Paint while he was half asleep if he wanted to. :p

:D:thumbs up

Good old Paint... :)

As a matter of fact, I just used it to mock up a joke picture of Jon Paul, as though he were dancing with some muzhiki somewhere on the wrong side of the Danube;
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/681/loln0bsqf4.jpg
;)

[Groenewolf]

This is almost the essence of American culture.

Or pretty much the essence of all modern 'art'.

[Curtis24]

This is almost the essence of American culture.

The perception of reality of many American people, at least it seems to me, is shaped by television. Television and movies try to attract ratings by making people feel better about themselves. One way they do this is by convincing people that we are all special and talented and deserve fame and a high social status simply by being born.

The result of all this is that most Americans feel they deserve to be famous and acknowledged irregardless of their level of actual talent. The attitude is that willpower and level of desire should be enough to warrant fame; and the result is that you have a culture where people try to attain fame or recognition however they can, no matter how contreversially or immorally. Americans want prominence any way they can get it, even if its divorced from their actual value as a contributing member of society.

[Groenewolf]

The perception of reality of many American people, at least it seems to me, is shaped by television. Television and movies try to attract ratings by making people feel better about themselves. One way they do this is by convincing people that we are all special and talented and deserve fame and a high social status simply by being born.

You will love this movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/) then. For me a lot of scenes clearly showed the destructive effect dadaism had on the arts. Also you probably like the writings of Scruton on this subject:thumb001: .

[Svanhild]

Looks like 4chan humour to me.

[Crossbow]

e9bS1dE0ps8

It takes great talent to piss off Nazis, Commies and Jews in one go.

I take my imaginary hat off to him.

:yo:

You mean Germans, Russians and Jews.

[RoyBatty]

Or pretty much the essence of all modern 'art'.

I wouldn't write off all modern art but yeah, much of it is truly awful. Then again, much of everything nowadays is awful.

Product quality of typical goods.... becoming cheaper (in $$ and quality terms)
Films - more rubbish than ever
Music - more rubbish than ever
Values - more rubbish than ever

Some call it "progress". I'm not so sure that it is.