Secretly I admire artists who invest themselves in purposefully offending their audience. On the other hand, I'm offended. The Wikipedia article on art (a very good read by the way) has this to say about "motivated functions of [visual] art:"
While looking for good examples of the politically-motivated type, I found an excellent article/list (50 Stunning Political Artworks) by Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine. Please note, however, that the article I'm referring to is posted at Noupe, a site with the by-line "The Curious side of the Web."
Here are my picks from Vitaly's list.
From DesktopNexus, 1984 - Not an Instruction Manual:
San Francisco street art, a photo posted in kwilms' photostream on Flickr:
Graffiti painted on a wall somewhere and posted by someone:
A photo of graffiti posted in Joshua Rappeneker's photostream:
Street art by Banksy, first found on Filip Spagnoli's blog:
And that's it for today, Folks.
-- Marge
Motivated purposes of art refer to intentional, conscious actions on the part of the artists or creator. These may be to bring about political change, to comment on an aspect of society, to convey a specific emotion or mood, to address personal psychology, to illustrate another discipline, to (with commercial arts) to sell a product, or simply as a form of communication.
While looking for good examples of the politically-motivated type, I found an excellent article/list (50 Stunning Political Artworks) by Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine. Please note, however, that the article I'm referring to is posted at Noupe, a site with the by-line "The Curious side of the Web."
Here are my picks from Vitaly's list.
From DesktopNexus, 1984 - Not an Instruction Manual:
San Francisco street art, a photo posted in kwilms' photostream on Flickr:
Graffiti painted on a wall somewhere and posted by someone:
A photo of graffiti posted in Joshua Rappeneker's photostream:
Street art by Banksy, first found on Filip Spagnoli's blog:
And that's it for today, Folks.
-- Marge
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