“Graffiti is not art…
Graffiti is not just an isolated nuisance but linked to other forms of enviro-crime that demean and spoil our streets, town centres and open spaces. Graffiti is a costly and annoying expression of anti-social behavior that can undermine our sense of well-being, making us feel uncomfortable in our own neighbourhoods…
Graffiti can be [...]
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Why was this poet’s work banned? Is it dangerous?
Published by September 4th, 2007 in Banned Art, Censorship and Uncategorized. 4 Comments”But shall our superintendence go no further, and are the poets only to be required by us to express the image of good in their works, on pain, if they do anything else, of expulsion from our State? Or is the same control to be extended to other artists, and are they also to be [...]
Why was the artist told she could not perform this song on David Letterman?
Are there conditions that justify the ban or censorship of works of art?
If so, what are they? If not, why not?
Banned Art and Dangerous Artists
Published by August 6th, 2007 in Banned Art, Mapplethorpe and Photography. 15 Comments” ‘Art’ disappears as society thrashes in reproducible culture.”
Baudrilliard, Beyond the Vanishing Point of Art
Patti Smith sings Cobain
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