Violence is at such a high saturation rate right now in the world. It has gotten to the point that I heard someone say the other day that they were happy for having a break from the Iraqi war stuff on all the news stations, they were referring to the Virginia Tech massacre. I know they did not mean they were happy 33 people died at the hands of a crazy guy, just that it was different kind of violence then the onslaught of car/suicide bombings, ied’s, greenzone, solders deaths and all the other crap going on in Iraq. Could it be that one kind of violence gets old and mundane? Really, are we that numb, we have our own lives to live to give much of a rat’s ass to care to much. Yes, I know there is a lot of out pouring for the victims and survivors at VT but I have seen a lot more insensitivity.
In the yahoo drawing group that I helped found, there was a lady that said the world needs more art now then ever (in response to VT) make pretty paintings and drawings is what she was getting at, I think the quote was “the world need beauty more now then ever, we need to keep doing that”. While I agree with her to a point of stay focused and make “pretty art”, I am starting to think artist need to pull up and commentate on the worlds violence and insanity. Artist of today, more and more, are afraid of offending people, all that pc crap, which leads into not selling their art. More so I think the gallery owners are more afraid in alienating there patrons and not making the sale then standing up with an artist and saying, look at this, it is fucked up but so is the world and this is a true representation of the world right now so do something that matters damn-it. Is it that the galleries believe that the art buying public is a group of driveling idiots that can not get past the ideology of their beliefs and see the art as art with a message as a communication of ideas that could/should be talked about and not just a bunch of color and lines that make a “pretty picture.”
There was something else I heard someone say when I was out this last week, “never talk about art, religion or politics at the bar”, I think that these are the only things you should talk about at the bar. Just not with everyone!
Stand up and make a difference…
Peace out
Pexa
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