http://bannedart.umwblogs.org Freshman Seminar 100KK Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:11:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  “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 ... http://bannedart.umwblogs.org/2007/10/18/is-graffiti-art/  "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 ... http://bannedart.umwblogs.org/2007/09/04/blog-directory/ 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? http://bannedart.umwblogs.org/2007/08/08/banned-and-dangerous-art-under-development/ Download link Un Chien Andalou (1929) --a sixteen-minute surrealist film made in France in 1929 by Spanish writer and director Luis Buñuel and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí-- one of the best-known surrealist films of the French avant-garde film movement of the 1920s. It is also considered one of the most prominent ... http://bannedart.umwblogs.org/2007/08/07/un-chien-andalou/ " 'Art' disappears as society thrashes in reproducible culture." Baudrilliard, Beyond the Vanishing Point of Art Patti Smith sings Cobain http://bannedart.umwblogs.org/2007/08/06/hello-world/