Controversial Art

There are many social benefits that come from controversial art. One of the main benefits is just simply being different. If there was not any controversial art, then everyone would think one minded and everything would be the same. Once that happens, then it would be very easy for people to become brainwashed with an artists work. Say mayor Rudi Giuliani and the Government banned all of the controversial art in America and the government only put out pieces of what they believed art should be. Since the government thought that the picture of Mary was controversial and not art, imagine what the government would consider art. I believe it would be really scary. They would probably put pictures of only supermodels, actresses, actors, body builders, cars, big homes, etc. The government would put pictures up of fake images of what one should look like or what one should posses and make everyone in America hate themselves even more and make one even more self conscious about their appearance or social status. Since there is controversial art, people have the right to choose on what they believe is art to them so people can be different and think and express themselves.

The world would not be a better place if there were specific standards about what art should be. If that was the case then that would not be considered art. Art is a way to express the way one feels and the experiences that one has been through. Everyone grows up different and has different perspectives on reality so a person that is wealthy that grew up in a mansion opposed to a person that grew up in the projects and lived on the street, their going to have different perspective on what art would be. It would not be possible to be able to only have predetermined standards because there is always going to be people rebelling an opposing side. So the government could probably take away controversial art in museums, but you cannot take it from the people. They are always going to make art the way they see it and the way they express it, but now they would have underground functions, meaning it won’t be pubic and the government cannot know anything about it.

If there was no controversial art then this world would definitely would not be a world of art. Art is a way one express him or herself and if you put limitations on an artist, then that is not how they truly feel, and that is just not art.

I learned a couple important things in this week’s content. I learned although there might be some art that I cannot interpret and might seem obscene to people, the artist always has his meanings and interpretation to that art piece, no matter what. Every little detail has an important story on how that minor detail was able to make it in the picture. I am also starting to learn that the government somehow wants to limit our freedom as much as possible. Suddenly I am starting to learn that our country is not as free as I thought it was. Art is a form of freedom of speech, which is in our first amendment and if we cannot put out the art we want, then what else wont they let us do.