Advocacy, Activism, and Controversial Art: Lessons from Charlotte

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Keith Martin
Keyword(s):  
Controversial Art

scholarly journals Authentication of a Painting by Nicolae Grigorescu Using Modern Multi-Analytical Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3558
Author(s):  
Petru Ovidiu Tanasa ◽  
Ion Sandu ◽  
Viorica Vasilache ◽  
Ioan Gabriel Sandu ◽  
Ioan Cristinel Negru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Direct Analysis ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Animal Glue ◽  
Near Infrared Light ◽  
Controversial Art

The paper presents the expertise of authenticating a painting by Nicolae Grigorescu through the involvement of multi-analytical techniques, in order to identify and evaluate some archaeometric and chemometric characteristics of the pictorial materials and of the support, used in determining the age. The painting is made with oil colors on pressed cardboard, with preparation based on chalk powder and animal glue. The painting presents two elements as being counterfeit, which have attracted suspicions, namely the signature of the author (presenting a semi-transparent covering veil), and, on the back, a writing of dating, performed by a very controversial art historian. The investigation was carried out by direct analysis with magnification devices, in reflected UV (ultraviolet), VIS (visible), and NIR (near- infrared) light, and by OM, SEM-EDX, and μ-FTIR. The results showed that the painting is authentic and belongs to Nicolae Grigorescu, and the dating established previously by Amelia Pavel through the writing on the back is certain.

Justifying Controversial Art in Arts Education

1992 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
E. Louis Lankford ◽  
David B. Pankratz
Keyword(s):  
Arts Education ◽  
Controversial Art

scholarly journals The Human Zoo: A Critique of Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Mercadies Brown
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Art Installation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Controversial Art

This essay examines Exhibit B, a controversial art installation by South African artist Brett Bailey in which actors portray historical scenes of colonialism and slavery. Exhibit B is meant to spread awareness of the widely popular human zoos of the past. Brown’s essay investigates whether or not recreating scenes of slavery does more harm than good.

scholarly journals Aesthetics of Graffiti: Comparison to Text-Based and Pictorial Artforms

2020 ◽  
pp. 027623742095141
Author(s):  
Rebecca Chamberlain ◽  
Caitlin Mullin ◽  
Daniel Berio ◽  
Frederic Fol Leymarie ◽  
Johan Wagemans
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Global Structure ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Image Statistics ◽  
Fine Detail ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Controversial Art

Graffiti art is a controversial art form, and as such there has been little empirical work assessing its aesthetic value. A recent study examined image statistical properties of text-based artwork and revealed that images of text contain less global structure relative to fine detail compared to artworks. However, previous research did not include graffiti tags or murals, which reside in the space between text and visual art. The current study investigated the image statistical properties and attractiveness of graffiti relative to other text-based and pictorial art forms, focusing additionally on the role of expertise. A series of images (N = 140; graffiti, text and paintings) were presented to a group of observers with varying degrees of art interest and expertise ( N = 169). Findings revealed that image statistics predicted attractiveness ratings to images, and that biases against graffiti art are less salient in an expert sample.

Dismembered Lives

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-121
Author(s):  
Long T. Bui
Keyword(s):  
Vietnamese American ◽  
South Vietnam ◽  
Community Based Art ◽  
The Media ◽  
Controversial Art ◽  
Lgbt People ◽  
Art Exhibit ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
National Flag ◽  
Alternative Identities

This chapter uses the twin concepts of dismemberment and rememberment to investigate the media discourse surrounding a controversial art exhibit held in 2009 in Orange County, California involving mass protests by hundreds of people demonstrating against a community-based art exhibit for showcasing creative reinterpretations of the South Vietnamese national flag and Vietnamese women’s role, as proper gendered national subjects fueled a public outcry against the exhibit as profane, pro-communist trash. The chapter concludes by discussing the ban on LGBT people from the community’s annual new year TET parade, and how this had to do with more than homophobia, but South Vietnamese nationalism, which allows for no alternative identities within the diasporic family. This chapter ultimately aims to broaden the scope for studying Vietnamese American “homeland politics” by venturing to speak to the puzzling ways the overseas communities and identities formed by refugees from South Vietnam are shaped, circumscribed, and policed in the current day by the politics of anti-communism.

scholarly journals Protests Against Controversial Art As a Political Strategy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gomes Karolina-Dzhoanna ◽  
Eyngorn Nonna Konstantinovna
Keyword(s):  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Moral Majority ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
Controversial Art

The article discusses the phenomenon of politically motivated public outrage around art in Russia. The history of protests against art in Russia is relatively short but intense. Since 90’s there occurred a number of attacks on art, the majority of which were protests against art that in some way expressed criticism of current state policy or Russian Orthodox Church. It may seem that in Russia the moral majority decides the fate of controversial artistic events, but as this article argues, that conflicts around art are frequently used by religious fundamentalists and nationalist right-wing groups to pursue their own political agendas and gain popularity in the media. Keywords: hate spin, contemporary art, public censorship, offense, Russia, religious fundamentalism, SERB, vandalism

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document