“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
I love that. Variations of it have been my mantra for longer than I care to remember. Comfort the afflicted; afflict the comfortable. Piss them off. Make them think. What, really, is so wrong with slapping someone in the face with an idea they'd normally reject out of hand?
I have a love/hate relationship with graffiti. Most of it is crap and serves only as eye pollution, but there are some very talented artists who do some great work. Perhaps the idea of doing something considered socially unacceptable is what moves them. Perhaps no one in the "art world" is willing to take them seriously and nurture their talent. Whatever the case, I think there's an argument to be made for the idea of graffiti as public art. I have no idea who will or how to curate it, but it's worth a look, no?
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
I love that. Variations of it have been my mantra for longer than I care to remember. Comfort the afflicted; afflict the comfortable. Piss them off. Make them think. What, really, is so wrong with slapping someone in the face with an idea they'd normally reject out of hand?
I have a love/hate relationship with graffiti. Most of it is crap and serves only as eye pollution, but there are some very talented artists who do some great work. Perhaps the idea of doing something considered socially unacceptable is what moves them. Perhaps no one in the "art world" is willing to take them seriously and nurture their talent. Whatever the case, I think there's an argument to be made for the idea of graffiti as public art. I have no idea who will or how to curate it, but it's worth a look, no?