tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848442434965194332024-02-19T19:19:13.187+11:00Art BunkerAdministratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03551336930210329907noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-74225098880059212772010-01-18T13:52:00.007+11:002010-01-18T14:51:14.834+11:00Graffiti Online<blockquote></blockquote>
Lately there has been an emergence of sites such as Graffiti PlayDo, which offer would be graffiti artists and ‘vandals’ the opportunity to create street art indoors, from their computers.
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The basic premise of the site is pretty simple. As soon as you enter, you put in a name, so you can be whoever you want to be while you do your art. It’s basically to distinguish you from the other artists, and if you’re good enough, you can end up being featured on a wall. That’s a big ‘<strong>if</strong>’ though.
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Then you choose a ‘scene’. This is the fun part. There are four public rooms where you paint with others users. These are called ‘Public room’, where basically anyone can play, and then there are more specific rooms: ‘Old School’ ‘Serious Art’ and ‘No Rules’. In here you can paint whatever you want with aerosol cans. You get a bunch of different colours and spray sizes, as well as shapes such as hearts and starts. (See below) Mucking about in these rooms is fun, you get to see other artists at work, and you contribute to some pretty good looking stuff. My only gripe is that the other artists can rub out your art with their handy dandy cloth tool, which can really get annoying.
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However, if you’re not so socially inclined, or actually wanna finish a piece without interruption, you can choose a private room, which you can name anything you want. Again, you can paint whatever you want, this time without interruptions, and your work stays in one piece. I think it goes without saying that this is my favourite room.
So, because I like embarrassing myself, here are two screenshots of some art that I did. First attempts, don't laugh. Well, try not to at any rate.
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So, basically, this site is a good way to get all your creative energy out, without going outside and drawing on the side of someone’s house, and potentially getting arrested. Coz, really, we don’t want that happening.
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So, go and paint till your hearts content, and don’t break any laws while you’re at it. I can almost guarantee that anything you paint will be better than mine.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-75945412078436869912010-01-17T22:05:00.000+11:002010-01-17T22:05:39.214+11:00Manual Ocampo - Artist or Trash?Hey Everyone,<br />
Have a look at this collection of paintings done by Filipino Artist, Manuel Ocampo.<br />
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Manuel Ocampo (born 1965) is an artist from the poor yet Westernised nation of Philippines. His style of art as a Filipino uses alot of Hispanic or Baroque religious iconography. I remember from my trip in Philippines that Roman Catholic religious art is everywhere over there - a legacy left from 300 or so years of colonisation and Christianization by the Spaniards. He also uses alot of symbols of modern culture as well and mixes them in his works with the Christian symbols to create highly politicized, dark, cynical messages and concepts behind them - creating a confronting surrealist world which reflects our own. He comments on the decadence of American culture, the corruption and abuse of the Catholic Church in Philippines and the notion of white supremacy and submission to white ideology which Filipinos have accepted into their psyche after hundreds of years of being corruptingly controlled by Spanish colonialists and than American colonialists. He deeply explores in his art despite the fact that Filipinos are free from colonial rule - colonialism is still deeply rooted in the Filipino status quo and that Filipinos aren't truly free. Futhermore, Ocampo explores darker and sinister aspects about life, art and anything in general. He is truly an inspiring and genius artist and I believe his art deserves to be commended in his own country where he is virtually unknown but is known internationally.<br /></div>
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Even though, Ocampo's art contains a strong anti-religious sentiment, Ocampo maintains residence in his home nation of Philippines - in the poor city of Quezon City. <br /></div>
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Billy Woodberry, a Filmmaker in an interview comments on Ocampo work says: <br /></div>
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<i>"There was something in his craft that evoked a haunting. His works seemed to
portray the fallout of the spiritual damage of the Latin American colonized
headspace. I was immediately drawn to the power of it. At the same time, Ocampo
was undermining the seriousness of the subject matter with a cheeky, playful,
irreverent, rude take on race in America that the art world has always treated
as so sacrosanct. On the one hand he was laying down some heavy shamanism and
on the other he was undermining it – and all in the same strokes. This
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Do you agree with Woodberry? What do you think of Ocampo's art? Do you think he needs to be commended in his nation of Philippines?<br />
That's all for today folks!<br />
Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War. </b><br />
<br />Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-55185529070467406532010-01-17T20:44:00.001+11:002010-01-17T20:46:35.988+11:00Huang Yong Ping<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
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However, much of his art even though admired by the West is contentious in his home nation of China and much of his work if exhibited in China is usually banished by the Chinese Government due to it's highly political nature and anti-government sentiment. What do you think? Do you think that he should have freedom to exhibit his art in his homeland and not face any censorship at all? I think so but i'm really pushing for you out there's opinion. Tell me what you think! <br />
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Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War. </b><br />Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-53259701694793981152010-01-16T18:43:00.069+11:002010-01-19T13:04:26.434+11:00Iranian unusual protest<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is well-know that it is dangerous to express the dissatisfaction with the existing state system in Iran. People look for usual forms of protest. And, of course, they <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Money-talks-in-Iran-as-protest-notes-gain-currency-/articleshow/5442563.cms">find it</a>.<br /></div>
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Money are money, and in Iran too. I.e. it is prohibited to draw, write, and put stamps on them. But, on the other hand, it is done quiet often. For example, when you exchange rials for dollars, some exchange offices put small business stamp on the notes. It confirms the authenticity of money, and in case of problems (somebody suddenly decides that these dollars are fake) police can find the one who sold it.<br /></div>
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Now, Iranian opposition figures started to stamp revolutionary images and slogans on rials. Of course, the head of the National Bank has already expressed his protest against the damage of state property. And, deputies of the Majlis expressed their idea to invalidate such bank notes. But there are too many of them already and anyone can get a revolutionary greeting.<br /></div>
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<i>You, appointed, be afraid of the dust storm!</i> (After the elections, Ahmadinejad called the opposition on the streets 'the dust')<br />
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Below: (in the icon instead of the swastika should be the word "Allah", it is the emblem of the Iranian national television) <i>Our television is our shame</i>.<br />
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<i>We did not have your black name in our green ballots</i><i> </i>(about Ahmadinejad)<br />
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<br />valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420560712887769058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-5920641306505019092010-01-16T14:38:00.012+11:002010-01-16T18:42:36.192+11:00"Berlin marks 20th anniversary of wall's fall"<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thousands of cheering Germans re-enacted the electrifying moment the Berlin Wall came crashing down — toppling 1,000 graffiti-adorned 8-foot-tall dominoes that tumbled along the route of the now vanished Cold War icon, celebrating 20 years of freedom from separation and fear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Gorby! Gorby!'</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Earlier, Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Within hours of a confused announcement on Nov. 9, 1989, that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of people streamed into the enclave that was West Berlin, marking a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism in Europe.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We saw it first on TV; normally it was very quiet up here, but that night we could hear the footsteps of those crossing, tap, tap, tap."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="byLine" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Merkel also welcomed Poland's 1980s pro-democracy leader, Lech Walesa, to the former crossing, saying that his Solidarity movement provided "incredible encouragement" to East Germans.</span><br />
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Advertising Agency: Ogilvy,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p><br />
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Creative Director: Mazen Hassan<o:p></o:p><br />
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Art Director / Illustrator:
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Copywriters: Yasser Alireza,
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Account management: Khaled Shalha<o:p></o:p><br />
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Published: May 2008<o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="http://www.change.com/">CHANGE</a> is an international
upscale brand providing quality lingerie, swimwear and homewear. The objective
of the ad was to announce the launch of CHANGE, a Danish company, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The
ads' main focus is to utilize the concept behind censorship in Saudi Arabia to
pull focus on the Brand's product line and to transform censorship into art.
The ads are all in English, as they target an upscale bilingual audience.<br />
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The <a href="http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/change_lingerie_change_in_saudi_arabia_3">opinion</a> of English-speaking
Saudi Arabian citizen:<o:p></o:p><br />
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"First of all the ads are
clever and very relevant to Saudi since all foriegn magazines get censored with
the black or red markers, regardless of whether its an underwear ad or not.
They see skin and they mark it up.<o:p></o:p><br />
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So using the market and the copy
diverts attention to the brand directly, and its also clever way to make fun of
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Using the S instead of C for
censorship to imply sense "comonsense" might be pushing it. Don't get
me wrong I like to give readers something to think about. But in the context of
the ad itself there are already many underlaying messages to think about
without adding more. So keeping it simple using the word censor as it is would
be enough."<o:p></o:p><br />
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There is no doubt that Social
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Take countries in the
conservative areas of the Middle East, and this example of a marketer in Saudi
Arabia who's using local blogs to find a loophole around the censorship of
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Change wanted to run ads that
would be considered too racy for print media in the kingdom Saudi Arabia has
the strictest ‘morality’ laws in the region.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The policy of keeping women out
of public life extends even to the lingerie departments of retailers where you
have the odd situation of only men being able to sell underwear to women.<o:p></o:p><br />
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So, the company via its agency
Ogilvy Mather, is running ads on local blogs. It even went so far as to poke
fun at the censorship laws in the region with black felt tip marks over images
considered too revealing as they would be if such an ad were to print in a
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I’m gonna be taking about tagging in the ‘I’m gonna write my name on that wall in black ink, without much thought’ sense. However, it’s probably a good idea to note that that’s not all that tagging refers to. Ahem, ‘A"tag" is the most basic writing of an artist's name, it is simply a handstyle. A graffiti writer's tag is his or her personalized signature… Tags can contain subtle and sometimes cryptic messages, and might incorporate the artist's crew initials or other letters.’ (<a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museumstudies/websites06/ancelet/thehistoryofgraffiti.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ancelet</span></a>)
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</div><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">I took a walk around my neighbourhood the other day. Now, around where I live pretty cool. There’s a huge huge park, a couple of good schools, and some shops. It’s all very nice and pretty. Seeing as I don’t live in Newtown, I don’t have all this amazing graffiti at to look at everyday, and that’s a shame. But, big colourful, political paintings would honestly look a tad out of place. HOWEVER, we seem to have an absolute abundance of tags.
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">No, they’re not the pretty, colourful kind, that a genuinely good to look at (as seen above), or the witty satirical kind, that when you see them, they actually make you stop and think. Nah, I’m talking about the ones where they scrawl their names, or nicknames, or whatever, on any available surface as if claiming it as their own. Personally, this always reminds me of 15 year olds that really have nothing better to do with their time. Yeah, I know.
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</div><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, back to the topic at hand, I was walking round my neighbourhood. I don’t know if its just coz I’ve been paying more attention lately, or whether tagging really is on the rise, it doesn’t really matter, but I’ve been noticing it a lot more.
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</div><blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Below are some examples of tagging from around where I live.
</div><div style="text-align: left;">In my humble opinion, these scrawls add nothing to their surroundings.
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</blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">These last two are right near my house. all four sides of this little box are tagged all over. I really, really, don't get it.
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Alright, so what do you guys think? Should tagging be considered art? Is it just a way for kids to creatively express themselves publicly? or should we be condemning it, seeing as many people do not see any artistic merit behind it, and just see it as an eyesore?</div><blockquote><p></p></blockquote></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-18028922910542481882010-01-15T11:23:00.006+11:002010-01-15T14:01:13.525+11:00Tsk, tsk, tsk<div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Oh, Banksy, Banksy, Banksy. For shame.
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We all remember who I’m talking about, yeah? If not, go <a href="http://art-bunker.blogspot.com/2009/12/banksy.html">here </a>and <a href="http://http//art-bunker.blogspot.com/2009/12/banksy-again.html">here </a>for a quick refresher course.
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It appears our friend here has started a bit of a graffiti war, with another old school graffiti legend Robbo.
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</div><div align="left">The two are rivals, so I guess Banksy just wanted to annoy him a bit? Meh, probably. He went and <a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/988805/banksy-incites-street-art-war">painted over </a>one of Robbo’s most famous works, which has been around since 1985. Yeah, that’s not cool, even if what he painted was kinda clever Of course, as expected, Robbo painted over it again, this time using Banksy’s work to further his own. Sweet. </div><div align="center">
</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426756833517644642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMdmWXeQrpiL7ysWFLjYozWXG5cE9xJIbf4cb-Kn_zDkwf6msruhNuO_RluVSHRubAa1I3tM9g4zalinKikdMmlutAp9ZwvbwzSTKV52OrRWP76eQGlDTGT1z6WOub2hWZZKus5YL_I4/s320/citru_topnote_jr_Robbo_original.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Robbo's original 1985 work</p>
<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426756841826531698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJcSoATm11IxQLh_dRK8yJwwyYl-ZeFbkCF0N_NL5Pq_Cx6Tn9-h550nLARlckSMzEOf4WY8CCnWgbb-XCdaluzZ3Pu5L0vvSyrZz3wxmwouJrNX_I4wnUT6b1LFFhq8i3oBapvMDCEQ/s320/DSC05337.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Banky's 'customisation'
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Robbo's revenge
</p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><p>Wow </p>So, I’m guessing this war of theirs isn’t quite over yet, though it definitely looks like Robbo is winning. Stay tuned!
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<div>The best picture of the graffiti I could find was <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/first-time-graffiti-girl-jailed/story-e6freuzi-1111118732721">here</a>. A bit pitiful, I know, but you get the idea. </div>
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<div>She was originally charged to 3 months jail time, which is a bit ludicrous, considering her age, and the fact that this was her first offence. Back said in a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/.%20http://southern-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/girl-jailed-for-graffiti/">statement </a>““I think (the sentence) was absolutely ridiculous for my first charge and for something so small,”
She <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/graffiti-girl-wins-appeal-against-jail-20090304-8nxd.html">appealed </a>that sentence, and eventually got it reduced to a twelve month good behaviour bond, which was deemed more approprite for her age and crime.
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But, on the other hand, I kind of see where the first magistrate was coming from. It looks like tagging and other graffiti of that kind is becoming an increasing problem in and around N ew South Wales. A <a href="http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/revealed-graffitis-costly-cleanup-bill-price-tag/1337884.aspx">2008 report </a>showed that annual graffiti cleaning cost totaled over $2.7 million, and its is suggested that this figure continue to rise. </div><div> </div><div><blockquote></blockquote>So, what do you guys think? Should she have been thrown in jail, or is this all a bit insane for a little scribble? Share your thoughts</div></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-73793546985854287072010-01-14T14:59:00.000+11:002010-01-14T14:59:35.062+11:00Golnar Tabibzadeh - Victim of the Iranian StateHey Everyone,<br />
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This week, I'll be talking about a young Iranian artist, Golnar Tabibzadeh who is internationally renowned as well as controversial in her home nation of Iran. Tabibzadeh, 22 years old, is from a strong family of intellectuals who have always gone against the mistreatment of women by the somewhat totalitarian Islamic Iranian State. Her mother, who had been rallying for pro-women's rights in the middle of the streets in Tehran, had once been bashed by the Iranian moral police. Young Tabibzadeh saw this event and it was the catalyst that lead her to paint paintings that explored the private lives and psyche of the Iranian people, particularly women.<br />
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Notably, much of her work embodies a stark melancholy, cynacism and a dark edgyness to it. She captures the suffering of being a woman in Iran; living in a world where women are isolated and face nothing but restrictions on who they are, their sexuality and being in general. Her work no doubt epitomises the social criticism at what she sees as the tragic society that has become of Iran. According to <a href="http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/SeptOct06/WomenSepOct06.html"><i>The Toronto Star </i></a>Tabibzadeh is<i> "Drawing ample inspiration from the society surrounding her, Tabibzadeh
pointedly satirizes the hypocrisy of an outwardly Islamic society
wracked by sexual promiscuity and heroin or opium addiction." </i>- I couldn't agree more with that statement.<br />
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A graduate of Azad University, one of the best art schools in Iran and the Middle East, she is the younger generation of intellectuals unsatisfied with Iran's backward government and the effect it has on their lives and freedom. Furthermore, even though Tabibzadeh has an honours degree, because the Islamic State forbids the depiction of any nudity, the best of her artwork (which are the nudes) can never be seen and appreciated by her own people she's paints as she can face persecution. What's more, she can never make money out of her art where on a rare occasion her nudes will sell but at a pittance. I honestly can say that's passion and it won't surprise me, if the the Islamic government were to collapse- I have no doubt her work would be revered by Iranians for centuries. Here are a few more pics of her work. <br />
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What do you guys think of her work?<br />
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Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War. </b><br />Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-74220588973326431042010-01-13T21:21:00.000+11:002010-01-13T21:21:22.298+11:00CarriageWorks - Sydney's Coolest GalleryHey Everyone!<br />
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The other day, I went to see the EOS Photo5 2009 Inaugural Exhibition at <a href="http://www.carriageworks.com.au/index.php">CarriageWorks</a>, an art gallery at the old Everleigh Railway Yards near Redfern. Overall, I was impressed with the close to 7000 pictures on exhibited submitted by professional and amatuer photographers - all who used Eos 5 Canon digital cameras. Despite being impressed by the actual photography on exhibition - I was thoroughly impressed with the venue more which is a juxtaposition between a contemporary artesque interior and an old 19th Century industrial architecture of the exterior. I honestly found the history and the art of building a little more interesting than the exhibition itself and I believe the place deserves alot of credit. The place honesty reminded me of the mis-en-scene of many futuristic films. <br />
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CarriageWorks was opened early 2007 as a an contemporary arts centre by Art NSW. The art centre is in a couple of the old industrial railway yard sheds which dot the landscape between Redfern and Erskineville which in the 1880s was the centre of Sydney's booming railway industry in the area known as Everleigh (which is part of the Redfern-Waterloo precinct). I believe the building is a perfect testament to the effective use of the recycling of historical buildings and the utilising of space for contemporary purposes. CarriageWorks is multi-venue with theatres, galleries and a large exhibition space - so it's a place which has a melting pot of different contemporary arts; dance, plays, installations, scuptures and typical visual arts. Overall, it's an awesome place. <br /></div>
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<b>Current & Upcoming Visual Arts Events</b><br />
<i>- Lynette Wallworth </i>(<span class="dates">9 - 14 JANUARY) <br /></span><br />
<i>- Eos Photo5 2009 Inaugural Exhibition </i><span class="dates">( 7 - 24 JANUARY 2010)</span><br />
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<i>- Alex Kershaw's One of Several Centres </i>(<span class="dates"><span class="pretext"> </span>THURS 11 FEBRUARY – SAT 6 MARCH 2010)</span><br /></div>
<i>- Nigel Helyer's Ghostrain </i><span class="dates"> (THUR 11 FEB – WED 17 MARCH, AND THEN THURS 13 MAY – SAT 5 JUNE 2010)</span><br />
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<span class="dates"><b>How to Get There </b></span><br />
Basically just catch a train to Redfern Station or Macdonaldtown Station and it's about 5 minute walk there - it's basically next to the rail network between Redfern and Macdonaldtown or even catch a bus that goes through there.<br />
Oh yeah and the address for the place is as follows (Google Map): <br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1263371417259">CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson St. Eveleigh, NSW 2015.</a><span class="dates"><b><a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Carriageworks,+245+Wilson+St.+Eveleigh,+NSW&ie=UTF8&cd=1&hq=Carriageworks,&hnear=245+Wilson+St,+Eveleigh+NSW&ll=-33.885807,151.190586&spn=0.010011,0.027122&z=15&iwloc=A"> </a> </b> </span><br />
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<span class="dates">I highly recommend you go there and check it out yourself! </span><br />
<span class="dates">Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War. </b><br /></span><br />Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-52018597399879200252010-01-13T18:38:00.000+11:002010-01-13T18:38:49.393+11:002 Years On: The Bill Henson DebacleHey Everyone!<br />
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It will be going onto two years since the <a href="http://www.billhenson.net.au/">Bill Henson</a> debacle - the first controversial form of art censorship to cause a stir in Australian society in a long time. I'd thought I'd bring it up to celebrate, even though it happened two years ago, the ongoing source of controversy it is within Australian society until now (read this article if you want read the <a href="http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/local/news/general/nudes-in-henson-tour/1723875.aspx">Nudes in Henson Tour</a>). The article was posted today and is about how Henson's controversial work will be displayed at the local art gallery in Albury, a rural border town on the Victorian and New South Wales' border. Here are some mixed responses to the article: <br />
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years and must be stomped on now. Having recently visited the NGV, I was
appalled to find many of the so called "masters" purposefully
displaying human body parts which no-one should be exposed to.
Obviously children don't know what the human body looks like and should
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about age of admission to this exhiaition,or nudity in Art, but the age
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called context. This is art and I'm sure the models and parents we're
completely aware of exactly what they were getting into. Although I
completely understand the other side of the debate with all of the
numerous stories of child abuse, sex offenders and the like, who
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What do you guys think? Do you agree or disagree with the statements said? <br />
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For you who don't know or those that need a refresher about Bill Henson's controversy - i'll recount the story for you:<br />
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Back in May 2003, famous or at least well-known Australian contemporary photographer (and therefore artist), Bill Henson (or maybe his publicist) emailed a tonne of e-invites to people about the opening night of a new exhibition of his which included photographs of nude pubescents, particularly photographs of a nude 13 year old girl. On the eve of the opening (May 22) following eight separate complaints by the public, police shut down Henson's exhibition at his supporting gallery Roslyn Oxley9 at the artsy inner city Sydney suburb of Paddington.<br />
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The e-invite had reached a few people in the media (as well as child protection advocates) who criticised Henson's exhibition calling it a form of child pornography sparking a heated nation-wide debate and criticism from the public, the media and even the PM Kevin Rudd himself who called the photographs "absolutely revolting".<br />
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Furthermore, some of Henson's work upon the closure of the exhibition was taken into police possession and the police were intent on charging Henson and his supporting art gallery with the publishing of indecent material as well as child pornography. The charges were dropped by the NSW courts and police in June, 2008 and the photographs were given back to Henson with a PG rating and approval to exhibit from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Film_and_Literature_Classification_%28Australia%29">Federal Office of Film and Literature Classification</a>. However, nation-wide people were debating what should be the limits and morality of art? Was Henson's work amoral in any way? What should constitue art? etc. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"></sup><br />
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My personal opinion is that Henson's work did not need to be censored. Glancing from the photographs of the works (that were censored) in a book (<a href="http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/the-henson-case/"><b>The Henson Case</b> by David Marr</a> ) that explored the whole debacle, the pictures were not smutty or constituted in any shape or form anything erotic or pervey in any way. The children (or teenagers) are not exploited in any way, and the way Hensen has constructed the photographs makes them abstract, poetic and conceptual - according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Henson">his wiki page</a>; "<i>Henson presents "adolescents in their states of despair, intoxication
and immature ribaldry</i>" and that his photographs were "<i>moments of transition
and metamorphosis are important in everyone's lives</i>" - I could not agree more with these statements. I'm not particularly fond of his work - it does not appeal to me in anyway and I honestly think that it is rather dull photography as it is too dark but I can say his work does exploit his subjects but I guess it's a manner of opinion.<br />
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If people want to interpret something as exploitative and demeaning, they're entitled to do it ; however, they have to understand Henson's work is purely for artistic purposes just like <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Ejmiglior/italy00/V38.jpg">Michaelango's David</a> or <a href="http://ftp.ccccd.edu/andrade/WorldLitII2333/Images/picasso.avignon.jpg">Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon</a> was and above all, people need to take into account the intent of artist which is to make humans understand the world and even life.<br />
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If you would like to view some of Hensen's work you can have a look <a href="http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/18/Bill_Henson/profile/">here</a> and decide for yourself. <br />
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So, that's all have to say. What do you guys think about Hensen's work? Do you think it exploits pubescents or is it purely art?<br />
Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War</b>. <br />Klaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-66547484247210794712010-01-13T16:27:00.002+11:002010-01-13T19:23:53.823+11:00Anti-War Iraq War Artwork<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Seven years on and the unjustified war in Iraq still wages on with an ever-growing tragic deathtoll. Someone once said to me that "<i><b>There's no angel's in war</b></i>" and until this day I stick by that statement. No matter how justified a war may seem - how it seems to "need" to happen - there's nothing beneficial about wars, innocent people will die. Women, children and elderly will die for no good reason but for the bullsh** and false ideals of men. The Iraq War epitomises everything i've just mentioned, and I believe it is one of the major wars which have been fought for the utmost wrong reasons and is waste of not only money, time and resources, but of precious human life. <br />
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Like all wars, since the 1950s, the 2003 Iraq War has spawned a large, yet underpublished and publicised Anti-Iraq War Art Movement. I honestly have not seen any Anti-Iraq War art anywhere other than the internet. The Anti-War movement is publically strong in contemporary music, film and literature, but I must comment not as strong as it was during the Vietnam War - where public opinion and the Anti-War movement in the arts was that strong - it was a strong factor in ending the Vietnam War (See, Wiki's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_US_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War">Opposition to the US involvement in the Vietnam War</a>).<br />
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Furthermore, I think it's tragic that Anti-War art in particular is not an influential element on the masses in exposing and revealing the perals and plight of the Iraqi people under the occupation of the Coalition forces. It saddens me to walk down the street and see people wearing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_guevara">Che Guevara</a> shirts (a revolutionary who stood for better change) but not wearing Anti-Iraq War shirts, which is no doubt a war that impacts us and will impact us in ways we have yet to understand. <br />
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However, despite the lack of presence of Anti-Iraq War art as an influence to masses as an influence to end the war; it is still there and whether it is due to governmental censorship (as Val explored a while ago) or lack of interest by the seemingly selfish public, the Anti-Iraq War art can be found in the thousands on the net - each revolutionary and interesting in their own little way. The art is highly political as they exploit the U.S government's arrogance, the decadence of the U.S politicians as well as expose the sufferings of the Iraq people and U.S soldiers. Moreover the Anti-War in Iraq art exploits the ideologies such as corporate greed, capitalism and globalisation which it sees as the catalyst for the war.<br />
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Here are some Anti-Iraq War images I like (all are sourced from <a href="http://www.miniaturegigantic.com/gallery1.html">MinitureGigantic.com</a>)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peace out. <b>Make Love Not War. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I initally found out about my favourite artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Soto">Jeff Soto</a> when I noticed that two of my favourite bands <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finch_%28American_band%29">Finch</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_%28band%29">Halifax</a> had similar artwork on each of their albums - well a similar vibrant, zany, eclectic and trippy style which I thought and still think looks awesome beyond belief. Curious to know the artist behind the intensely beautiful album art I had a geez in the album booklets looking for the artist behind the work and my results yielded the same artist, a cryptic Californian named Jeff Soto. Wanting to see more, I did a random google images search which filled my computer screen with a myriad of beautiful works and I instantly became hooked on Jeff Soto's work. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jeff Soto's style is his own, however, like all artists his art can be associated with the collective art movements that seem to go around and if you had to categorise it with a specific movement you'd say (well his wikipedia page says) that Soto's work is part of the pop-surrealist or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowbrow_art_movement">Low-Brow</a> art movement. A popular artmovement that originated from California that stems from street art, punk subculture and other subcultures that reject the status quo. Moreover, Pop-Surrealism is considered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsider_Art">outsider art</a> and part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuckism">stuckism</a> art movement which refuse to stem within the conforms of conceptual and socially accepted art. Pop-surrealist painters include: <a href="http://www.takashimurakami.com/">Takashi Murakami</a>, <a href="http://www.manuelocampo.org/">Manuel Ocampo</a> and the <a href="http://www.claytonbrothers.com/">Clayton Brothers</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jeff Soto was and still is a street artist and notably, many of his artworks still contain that raw graffiti and street artesque quality about it. He's art is influenced by Californian hip-hop culture, punk culture and street art. Like street art which criticises and exposes the dull realities of suffering, Jeff communicates (according to <a href="http://www.jeffsoto.com/">his website</a>) "</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>profound visions and fears,
nostalgia of his youth, and themes of love, lust, and hope". </i>I couldn't agree more with that statement, however, I extend that there are strong anti-war as well as post-modernist (rather <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialist">existentialist</a>) elements in his work which appeals to me on deeper level as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Moreover, I believe (and his website agrees with me) that there is a strong environmental element that permeates throughout most of his work. He mixes iconoraphy of the enviroment and of manmade objects to create a beautiful as well as poetic juxtaposition of the "</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>conflict of humans trying to harness, or take advantage of nature</i>" (his website again). He captures this battle between the natural and the artificial (or man vs. nature) through his signiture use of robotic/mecha like creatures which have mutated with nature to create arbitrary yet beautiful objects of profound fascination and an edgy melancholy. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now for the good part. Here are some of my personal favourites ; try to guess what Jeff Soto is trying to say in all of them.... <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So what do you guys think? Beautiful eh? I really don't think about them too much.... I think their just visually appetizing but when I do think about them - their meaning if profound. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you guys wanna check out his blog click <a href="http://jeffsotoart.blogspot.com/">here </a>. It's a pretty interesting and awesome blog with pictures as well as explanations for the artwork he is currently working on. Amazing work. Truly amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Peace out. <b>Make Art Not War.</b><br /></span>
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So, moving swiftly along. Murals have been around since basically forever, and have a long and controversial history. Blah blah blah. We all knew that
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Ok, don’t get me wrong, I understand the problems a local council may have if the graffiti contains obscene or derogatory images that the community as a whole find offensive, but isn’t it taking it a bit too far when a council decides to paint over memorial messages, as Bathurst council did?
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In 2006, after racing legend Peter Brock died, saddened fans wrote <a href="http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=44200">tribute messages </a>on top of Mount Panorama racing circuit. Bathurst council quickly painted over the graffiti. In 2007, before the Bathurst 1000, fans returned and began rewriting their messages. Once again, Bathurst Council vowed to have them painted over, citing safety issues as the official reason. Irritated fans thought the graffiti should be left alone, as a mark of respect to the great racing star. One racing fan stated "The messages should have been sealed and left there forever," Another, Alan Ward, said the graffiti was a much-needed outlet for fans.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04R3GUIDm0Yn9tdoeEewbncJ-5fx70HnTBTURo7y2ovP39kCLqYGWI9avQrBbY9eSLcRvlfKqEITxfceX7ojiCg8WzYoCuajxFI4gx0D5tj7eAKQJg56Wmqmk3uXF2zEOKvIJTVVCyaw/s1600-h/brockfans1_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425707748837307570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg04R3GUIDm0Yn9tdoeEewbncJ-5fx70HnTBTURo7y2ovP39kCLqYGWI9avQrBbY9eSLcRvlfKqEITxfceX7ojiCg8WzYoCuajxFI4gx0D5tj7eAKQJg56Wmqmk3uXF2zEOKvIJTVVCyaw/s320/brockfans1_m.jpg" border="0" /></a>Tribute messages are obviously meant as a mark of respect for that person, and by leaving them up there would have illustrated brilliantly what a mark Peter Brock had left on the racing industry, as well as on his fans. There was nothing derogatory or offensive about these messages, so the question is why did the council feel so strongly about this that they got rid of them not once, but twice? Personally, im not buying the whole ‘safety issue’ excuse. Some things should just be left as they are, I think.
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There are plenty of other examples as well. Apparently councils have been stifling creativity and censoring our thoughts for a while now. Who knew? Possibly the <a href="http://www.ncac.org/Official-Vandalism-is-not-Just-a-Mistake">most famous </a>example is the destruction of Diego Rivera’s Rockefeller Centre mural in 1933 for its inclusion of an image of Lenin. Yeah, that’s kind of a looooong time ago. </p><blockquote></blockquote><p>
In more recent times, a mural entitled “<a href="http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/25/recession-mural-stirs-controversy/">Recession 2009</a>” after that little financial crisis you may have heard about had to be painted over last year, after it caused a bit of a stir with some residents. </p><blockquote></blockquote><p>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLx46INrlJS3j358HP1Yl6G7ZhB-mom5RoMRmfvttNaH3uARvBR91jOtd-FJKd6WnkK4mHuroP7B3n__Y1QaRGYXs7ackkN80fLEdiZdNDPKjzpXPyJn9CHRxwleUOnfHuDuLGaQzd_U/s1600-h/mural.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425708199875522466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWLx46INrlJS3j358HP1Yl6G7ZhB-mom5RoMRmfvttNaH3uARvBR91jOtd-FJKd6WnkK4mHuroP7B3n__Y1QaRGYXs7ackkN80fLEdiZdNDPKjzpXPyJn9CHRxwleUOnfHuDuLGaQzd_U/s320/mural.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ok, maybe it’s just me, but I figure anything anyone paints, and I mean anything, is gonna offend at least 1 person, yes? But since when did we start catering to the minority when the majority obviously has no problem. How did we become such a ‘me’ society anyways? Look, if you don’t like looking at something, don t look. We’ve all seen the picture up there – it’s not offensive, it’s meant to reflect a hard time that everyone had just gone through, and poke a little fun as well. I guess my point here is this, and I may be wrong, but whatever – if 9 out of 10 people had no problems with the mural, why was it taken down for just that one person?</p><blockquote></blockquote><p>
Political correctness and the fear of offending is getting a little out of control.</p>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-47108757374063126882010-01-05T19:33:00.006+11:002010-01-15T21:18:44.505+11:00War tricks<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Military censorship and information warfare </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 16px;">In the modern world you cant wage a war just with your tanks and planes. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You have to use media. In Germany during WWII they would say </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Truth is not what happened, truth is what we tell people"</span></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a 1994 photograph we see U.S. soldiers invading Haiti, lying on the airport tarmac pointing their rifles at unseen enemies. The heroic image supports the claim of U.S. government that it is invading to support democracy, liberating a neighboring country from a dictatorship.</span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another photographer appears and we see the same scene from another angle. U.S. soldiers are pointing their guns not at potential enemy but at about a dozen photographers who are lined up in front of them and photographing them. in fact, photographers are the only ones doing the shooting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">People need to understand that a large percentage of photographs pretending to depict something significant are showing only a simulation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The U.S. invasion of Haiti in 1994 as it was </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">reported and </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the same scene viewed from the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">side. </span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bottom photograph by Alex Webb/Magnum.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Several blogs are reporting that images by wire-service photographers from the conflict between Russia and Georgia were staged. The faked pictures, the blogs contend, helped spread pro-Georgian propaganda.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">The images in question were made by Reuters photographers David Mdzinarishvili and Gleb Garanich, as well as George Abdaladze of Associated Press.</span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Certain details in the images have spurred the speculation. For instance, the same grieving Georgian man appears in several separate series of pictures. Reuters has released a statement denying the charges. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reuters agency posts a horrible pictures of Russian bombardments of allegedly civilian residential buildings. But what if you take a closer look?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">For instance on this picture you can see one obviously dead body of a person in a checkered shirt. The other body is carried by medics, carried as if it was a dead body, but you can notice that the hand of a person is holding a woman medic's sleeve. Well so far everything looks pretty real, except maybe for one guy in black who doesn't look anyhow concerned.</span><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Now on this picture we see a crying man and a body in his hands. But look closely! This is the same checkered shirt, same trousers and shoes, the same person. So does it mean that the crying man took the body brought it some place else? Hardly so, this is just one of the participants of the show. And again if you look close enough you can notice that the guy crying is the person in black from the previous picture.</span><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">Now here he is again, alone still with some clothes on, or may be he got changed.</span><br /></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally if you see the pictures you can notice that nothing happens around the scene. No people running, and there are actually not a lot of people for a big residential building area if it was really bombed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2006 the same agency faked photos of Israeli forces bombing the city. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><img alt="Altered Reuters news photo" height="337" hspace="3" src="http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2006/08/images/reuters_lebanon_altered.jpg" style="text-align: right;" width="328" />R<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">euters News Pictures</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is in the ethics hot seat for publishing at least two doctored news photographs taken during the current clash between Israel and Lebanon.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The photographs, by Lebanese freelancer </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adnan</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hajj</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, show thick smoke rising from downtown Beirut after an Israeli bombing raid on Saturday, and in a second doctored photo the number of flares dropped from an Israeli F-16 have been increased from one to three and misidentified in the caption as "missiles."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In the first picture the smoke appears to have been awkwardly doctored using the cloning tool of photographic editing software in order to make it look more intense. After a series of Web sites displayed the picture on Sunday and discredited the image by showing how it had been manipulated, Reuters issued a statement removing the picture from their archives and apologizing "for the inconvenience." The statement also said, "A corrected version (of the picture) will immediately follow this advisory."</span><br />
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</div>valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420560712887769058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-86104935118404651312009-12-29T17:03:00.006+11:002009-12-29T17:43:55.965+11:00Cyanide and Happiness<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cyanide and Happiness</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> is a popular web comic by Kris Wilson,
Rob DenBleyker, Matt Melvin and Dave McElfatrick. Although four authors met
only several times in real life, they call themselves the Explosm team.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cyanide and Happiness </span></i><span style="font-size: small;">first appeared on the website
</span><a href="http://www.explosm.net/"><span style="font-size: small;">Explosm.net</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> on the 9</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> December 2004. Since 26</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> of
January 2005 it comes out daily. Also the authors sometimes produce short
cartoons in the same style.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The style of this comic can be described as “late kinder-garden”: stick
figures, only eyes and mouth on the face. The humour can be characterised as cynical,
satirical and often offensive. The most popular themes are disability,
incurable diseases, HIV, violence, death, sexual deviancy and nihilism.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For example, the few recurring characters include
peculiarly-named superheroes such as:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Seizure Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - he apparently suffers from epilepsy, and was
made into a man after being raped.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Ass Rape Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - who was seen approaching a boy and grinning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">SuperJerk</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - an extremely rude hero who charges for his acts
of kindness.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">LOL-FAG Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a parody of Internet slang who insults
everyone by saying "LOL!! FAG!!", which in turn causes various
chaotic acts to occur. It is later shown that he is a hypocrite and seen to be
given a blowjob while shouting "LOL FOILED!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Rubber Arm Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a hero with no apparent powers besides two
limp, rubbery arms.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Firework Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - who can make himself explode like a firework,
harming only himself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Education Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - who teaches people about random subjects
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Invincible Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - whose only weakness is lead poisoning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Paper Boy</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a superhero that has only appeared in one of
their animated movies, he has a "Paper Boy Mobile" which he uses to
travel no less than a feet forward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Nutrition Man</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - the newest superhero with the ability to
shoot food out of his hand which apparently can bust through a man's skull.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Trelaf the Wise</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a supposed sage who offers pointless
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Obese Maurice</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a chubby man that usually adds an odd twist
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Purple-Shirted Eye-Stabber</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a villain who occasionally
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Inventor</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - A scientist made to look like Albert
Einstein, who creates assorted scientific or magical inventions, only to
attempt to copulate with them and in turn injure his penis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Pedophile</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - a green-shirted man wearing brown, square
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Time Traveler</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - A man who wears futuristic clothing and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cyanide and Happiness </span></i><span style="font-size: small;">is often called “the most cynical
comic on the net” thought it is not the only one, which authors use provocative
style (i.e. </span><a href="http://sexylosers.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">Sexy Losers</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://manga.clone-army.org/nana.php"><span style="font-size: small;">Nana's Everyday Life</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, CynicMansion etc). </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Its better not to click on those links if you do not want to be offended. I warned you! =) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cyanide and Happiness </span></i><span style="font-size: small;">appears frequently on social
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<span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">September 24, 2009—Paolo Ventura’s work is </span></span><a href="http://www.strozzina.org/manipulatingreality/e_ventura.php"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">featured</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> in the group show "Manipulating Reality" at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paolo Ventura’s sequence of photographs seem like all-too-familiar scenes of U.S. troops in action in Iraq, but against the background of the military censorship rules that apply to embedded reporters, they raise questions about the authencity of modern war reporting and how we have become inured to repetitive images, failing perhaps to look at them as closely as we should. These photographs, at first remarkably plausible, are all artfully constructed fictions put together by the Italian-born artist in his New York studio, using “action-man” style dummies and minutely modeled sets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The work of Paolo Ventura focuses on the painful memory of the recent war in Iraq, reconstructing wartime scenarios using puppets and dummies dressed as soldiers. He uses ambiguity and the alteration of reality to comment on the real manipulation of “truth” in reports and pictures of the war carried in the media. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ok guys, here I am. Your beloved spy, Russia. Haa, now I will start revealing the awful truth of art's background intrigues. It would be a story from my home country today. Yeah, lets learn more about Russia The Motherland. :D</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"THE WALL" </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(rus: </span></span><a href="http://kstenke.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">СТЕНКА</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">gallery is</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the first gallery of comtemporary art beyond the Arctic circle</span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the evening of 25th March, 2009, in </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"THE WALL" held its </span></span><em><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">first exhibition. The satirical exhibition called "Crisis" was presented by the </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">art group 'G</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">randma After Funerals' </span></span><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(rus: </span></span><a href="http://kissmybabushka.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Бабушка после похорон</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and was devoted to the unrealizable consequences of the economical crisis</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, the group presented 5 art works aimed to criticize current situation in Russia and one wall was "signed" by artists, giving the audience the title and sources for future contacts with the group. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The text under each picture is basically a translation of the poster's text plus a brief explanation of what's on the picture in case you not really familiar with my country:)</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, thats the first art work:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">172 700 m2</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">FOR LEASE</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Second one is a pretty rough one, isn't it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(on the pic.: the entrance to </span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1262080642194"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">t</span></span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1262080642194"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">he </span></span></a><em style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1262080642194"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Winter Palace</span></span></a></em><a href="http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/hermitage.asp"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and the Hermitage Museum</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(on the pic.: Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The art group was pleased to know that their initiative was supported by the local police. On March 30, 2009 people in grey opened in the gallery "THE WALL" the second exhibition later called “Dialogue of cultures”. The Murmansk police creatively rethought the content of the original exhibition and continued the discussion about the economical crisis in their own way.</span></span><br />
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</div>valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420560712887769058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-61529188690490758202009-12-07T14:41:00.009+11:002009-12-18T15:25:20.060+11:00Banksy again.<div style="text-align: left;">Alrighty, kiddies, this post doesnt require nearly as much reading or brainwork. Lucky you.
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<div>Still on the subject of <a href="http://art-bunker.blogspot.com/2009/12/banksy.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Banksy</span></a>, i figured i'd share with you just a few of my favourite works by the infamous artist.</div><div>All of these pictures can be found <a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">here</span></a>, along with some brilliant quotes and all that. </div>
<div>Ok, enough of my babbling, on with the show:</div><div>
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</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfM4Ap7XZ6fibype111vLf1ZiAhg305lYOYSHu0IfUW-sw_x_c7Gp_e3sre7oWWte-QIHZUmEBSqySrHz8krNXDE3dfzkghfMvRIj-AFxhVsN_D8iiZVKp7h3S1sslXY48wfg9RcECBA/s320/Worthless3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416414862615906978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><div><p>Many of these originals have been <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/11/29/london_life_banksy_feature.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">painted over </span></a>by councils, but at least we still have these pictures.
</p><p>For even more Banksy art, check <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/image_galleries/banksy_gallery.shtml?1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">this </span></a>out.</p><p>So... what do you guys think? Should councils be getting rid of Banksy's art? Share your opinions with the world. </p></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-62309930193504815142009-12-07T12:46:00.025+11:002009-12-07T16:08:52.740+11:00Banksy<span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong></strong></span>
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</div></strong></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong></strong></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><div align="justify">"Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place. “- Banksy, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/minisites/banksy/">Wall and Piece,</a> 2005
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Banksy (born in 1974) is a graffiti artist from Bristol in the UK. Yay, British. His artwork is now famous worldwide, not only in the UK.
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Despite not calling himself an artist, he is considered as extremely talented in that respect; and indeed as one of the greatest graffiti artists of our times. He uses his original street art form, often in combination with a distinctive stencilling technique, to promote alternative aspects of politics from those promoted by the mainstream media. Banksy's stencils usually show humorous or shocking images, sometimes coupled with witty slogans. The messages behind his stencils are usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment.
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Oh, and by the way, he likes to stay anonymous, so no one really knows who he is.
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From the 2000s, he had turned to stencilling, as he realised it took much less time to complete a 'piece', yet the artwork was still visually striking. Banksy himself claims he turned to stencilling after seeing the stencilled serial number under a train while hiding from the police. This technique soon became his trademark, an allowed him to become more widely noticed around Bristol and London, and ultimately worldwide.
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Banksy has pretty much outshined basically all his contemporaries when it comes to doing something a little bit different and showing true versatility. While other artists are definitely influenced by him, none have really been able to match him either. Banksy produces groundbreaking art with spectacular image sand colours, as well as providing a strong social message.
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In 2007, the owners of a house with a Banksy Mural on the side of it tried to sell the house, but the offers fell through coz the buyers wanted to get rid of the mural. It’s now listed as a mural with a house attached. Pretty rad.
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Banksy’s career has been rife with controversy. It seems people are divided as to whether his work should be considered art or vandalism. Spokespeople for the organisation “Keep Britain Tidy” have asserted that Banksy’s works are “simple vandalism” and have gone as far as to say, "We are concerned that Banksy's street art glorifies what is essentially vandalism” Yeah. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;">
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<span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">In another brilliant example, the Westmister City council stated in October 2008 that the work “One Nation Under CCTV” (look below) would be painted over coz it consituted graffiti. They stated that anything considered graffiti would be removed despite the reputation of its creator. Then they said that Banksy had no more right to paint graffiti than a child. <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/banksy-art-is-graffiti-rules-council/2008/10/24/1224351528852.html">Yeah, you read that right.</a> I think some people need to broaden their view of art, but whatever. Anyways, the image was painted over in April this year.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHUK8VYW60ctAo5XqZOw1z_Dvg-nUeUgiB4ByW56numk4_BcKylaBYwyua6UOlNYiZCPicC_lYRdmAq2rMwXbrrxxpGgV-0jnjuZDS0X3OKz4y2-ijCczZ7GLW_eAwJYAmrf24mKDlbS/s1600-h/1untitled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412331812991031794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 391px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyHUK8VYW60ctAo5XqZOw1z_Dvg-nUeUgiB4ByW56numk4_BcKylaBYwyua6UOlNYiZCPicC_lYRdmAq2rMwXbrrxxpGgV-0jnjuZDS0X3OKz4y2-ijCczZ7GLW_eAwJYAmrf24mKDlbS/s320/1untitled.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">These are but a few examples of Banksy’s works being censored and destroyed. Honestly, there are many, many more instances, even here in <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-painter-painted-melbourne-loses-its-treasured-banksy-20081213-6xzy.html">Australia</a>. What a shame, really. I mean, you wouldn’t go into an art gallery and paint over something in a frame just coz you didn’t like the content, now would you? Its not like he’s going around mindlessly tagging every second wall he sees.
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</div></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></blockquote><span style="font-family:georgia;"><div align="justify">Ahh, end rant. </span></div>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984844243496519433.post-41361132537015041272009-11-27T14:57:00.003+11:002009-11-27T16:20:19.655+11:00Welcome, one and all<div style="text-align: justify;">Well, howdy guys. Welcome to our blog, Art Bunker. Take a look around, explore, tell your friends about us, and leave us many many wonderful comments.
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What exactly is this blog about, I hear you ask? The short answer is art. The slightly longer answer is: what exactly constitutes ‘art’, and what is considered art in these modern times, the censorship of art, and an exploration of different art forms.
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now to introduce ourselves. First up: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11076529197503345801">Klaus</a>, our resident guy. He’ll be offering upfront, realistic and manly opinions in an attempt to counter us girls’ romantic views on the world. Actually, maybe not. He’s gonna cover art in the traditional sense. Basically anything you can find in a frame, that people are gonna pay an arm and a leg to display in their living room.
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next: our very own international spy, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07420560712887769058">Russia</a>. Our centre of creativity and all that is cool. She’s gonna be looking at art from all around the world. And with that comes the unique perspective different cultures have on art, and all the different censorship issues. After all, one country’s masterpiece is another’s scribbles, right?
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last, but hey, certainly not least, me. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01463620887761781270">Diavolina</a>. What to say? Wickedly smart and absolutely brilliant. I’m gonna be looking at everyday art. Essentially covering urban and street art. This is basically the art that we see everyday all around us, which the big shots look down upon. This is the art that shapes societies and makes culture. I get the fun topic.
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think we have something to interest everyone here. From the toughest of art critics, to the kids who sit the back of the classroom and draw all day, there’s something here for everyone. So, take a look around, and of course, share your opinion, we’d love to hear what you have to say.
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