Slog - Comments on Art Criticism http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism Neo-Nazi style: From the New York Times: A grainy video of four masked vandals running through an art gallery in Sweden, smashing sexually explicit photographs with crowbars and axes to the strain of thundering death-metal music, was posted on YouTube Friday night. This was no joke or acting stunt. It was what actually happened on a quiet Friday afternoon in Lund, a small university town in southern Sweden where “The History of Sex,” an exhibition of photographs by the New York artist Andres Serrano, had opened two weeks earlier. Around 3:30, half an hour before closing, four vandals wearing black... Copyright 2008 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:35:43 -0800 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by boxofbirds chilling

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821671 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821671 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:43:54 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Church stained glass is tasteless to me. I think a mature way to handle this distaste would be to go smash the shit out of it. Developing...

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821672 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:44:03 -0800 Comment by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY NEO-fascist? This fascism stands on its own; it's not some kind of throwback.. It's just a lot more common here in Freedomland.

]]> UK NATIONAL LOTTERY http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821674 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:47:34 -0800 Comment by oljb Amazing how religious nutcases and Nazis have so much in common when it comes to art censorship. Three peas in a pod: Christianity, Islam and National Socialism.

]]> oljb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821677 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:55:19 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC NEO as in New and improved! Now with Sprinkles!

Art is that weird something that makes people go insane.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821678 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:55:49 -0800 Comment by Carollani I like that print with the woman who has her finger(? or hand?) up the man's ass. Here's hoping the artist makes new prints.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821682 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:01:46 -0800 Comment by brandon Wasn't Serrano the guy who got in the Endowment Arts funding hooey about his menorah in a jar of piss?

Provocative guy. Kudos.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821690 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Heck it must be art.

Provacative? More like childish.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821697 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:12:20 -0800 Comment by Leeerker Anyone think that this could have been a publicity stunt? I don't actually think that this is the case, but it sure has gotten the artist's name in the news.

]]> Leeerker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821708 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:18:56 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon at least its not a friggin' monet! its only photographic prints. they're replaceable.

and serrano sure as shit is art. fascists.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821725 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:35:08 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai "Plus an expletive." Oh, the New York Times. When will you realize that your lack of comics means that only grown-ups are reading you?

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821727 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:35:26 -0800 Comment by infrequent i don't think it was a publicity stunt -- i was art.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821750 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:55:22 -0800 Comment by infrequent "it was art". not "i was art." although, come to think of it, maybe i was art...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821756 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:58:18 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle If you were art, you should go to Paris, so a young woman could kiss you.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821788 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821788 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:20:39 -0800 Comment by Seriously wow. Male penis envy much?

I swear, when I lived in Sweden the few neo-nazis I encountered were tight-ass morons. This confirms it.

]]> Seriously http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821797 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:29:32 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @7,

That was a cross, not a menorah, so you can imagine the hilarity that ensued.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821798 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:29:35 -0800 Comment by Irena At first I was horrified by this, but in a way, it's just art doing its job: exposing society for what it is. Well done, Serrano.

Kind of reminds me of that art scandal in Vancouver back in the 80s when some guy was going to crush Sparky the rat (Spanky? Spunky?) under a cement block in front of the art gallery. Hysterical SPCA fanatics chased him through the city, and the show did not go on. That is to say, the art was sacrificed, but the rat was saved.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821800 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:31:26 -0800 Comment by Mterrmil In the past week the deaths of Spc. Vincent G. Kamka, 23, and Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burris, 22, marked the 100th and 101rst Washington state related deaths in the Bush/Savage war on Iraq.

Excerpt from "Say Yes To War" by Dan Savage October 2002:

In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves.

]]> Mterrmil http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821895 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:40:36 -0800 Comment by regina In the past week the deaths of Spc. Vincent G. Kamka, 23, and Lance Cpl. Jeremy Burris, 22, marked the 100th and 101rst Washington state related deaths in the Bush/Savage war on Iraq.

Excerpt from "Say Yes To War" by Dan Savage October 2002:

In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we're going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves.

]]> regina http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821911 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:48:55 -0800 Comment by Irena #18 & 19 FUCK OFF, it was FIVE years ago!

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c821917 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:53:54 -0800 Comment by Me I know, instead of blaming anyone actually responsible, I'll keep bringing up the published opinion of someone who had no say in national decisions! Holy worthy of time, batman.

If once wasn't enough, I'll just go ahead and do it twice.

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c822014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c822014 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:02 -0800 Comment by Me I know, instead of blaming anyone actually responsible, I'll keep bringing up the published opinion of someone who had no say in national decisions! Holy worthy of time, batman.

If once wasn't enough, I'll just go ahead and do it twice.

]]> Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c822015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/art_criticism#c822015 Arts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:49:30 -0800