Banned and Dangerous Art
by nmik ~ June 20th, 2011Welcome to Banned and Dangerous Art, a freshman seminar at the University of Mary Washington, Fall 2011.
We will be exploring and analyzing many examples of Banned and Dangerous Art, including banned music and performances. You might want to consider this music by Ani DiFranco, banned from David Letterman’s show. Or listen to the music of Mahsa Vahdat and Mighty Sam McClain below. Vahdat (and her sister) are currently banned in Iran –but a collaboration like this one between Vahdat and McClain would have been impossible here in the US even 60 years ago.
Enjoy this video from the graffiti artist BLU and ask yourself, is graffiti art? When are we justified in removing it? When not?
BIG BAG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
