in response to the questions that Mr. Hamon asked on my last post (which you need to read for this one to make sense) i discovered that i did need to share my opinion, for what would be the point in posting that article.
The artist claims her messages it the relaitonship between body and art. umm THAT IS NOT ART! im sorry but in no way is documenting a miscarriage, forced or not, art. A miscarriage is a very emotional thing whether it is forced or not. I think anyone pro- life or pro-choice is appaled by this. This girl is destroying an emotion, a happening to a womans body. I cant believe our school supported this project and put it on display. She gives art a very negative connotation. she destroyed her body, a sacred vessel, she used a donor's sperm in a very wrong way, and hurt her self and those who heard about or saw the exibit. she has no regard for human rights or human emotion. she took advantage of something very sacred- creating life and then destrying it.. all for what? art? that is sick, disgusting, horrible. She says "I think that I'm creating a project that lives up to the standard of what art is supposed to be." Maybe i have been disillusioned about what art is. So here is the definition from Dictionary.com
Art–noun
1.the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2.the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
3.a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
4.the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
5.any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
6.(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?
7.the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling.
8.the craft or trade using these principles or methods.
9.skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation.
10.a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.
11.arts,
a.(used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences.
b.(used with a plural verb) liberal arts.
12.skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
13.trickery; cunning: glib and devious art.
14.studied action; artificiality in behavior.
15.an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics.
16.Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.
The first definition- something that is asthetically pleasing.. WATCHING a girl have a miscarriage is not asthetically pleasing. SEEING the blood from unborn children is not asthetically pleasing.
i could go on, but i feel as though i am repeating myself. you get the idea. this girl is sick, twisted, and needs some help. her project is not art, it is only destroying a very emotional, and private part of a woman's life and experience. And our school supported her.
3 comments:
kate. i don't even know how to respond to this, other than to say i am completely appalled.
creating and destroying life like it's a game sickens me. this makes my heart break... especially for that girl. how can you be so numb to such an emotional experience as having a miscarriage? how can you kill something and call it art? how does she believe that it's ok to grieve the holy spirit?
what makes this ok!? and why did no one DO anything about this!?
and you know what!? I AM AN ARTIST. THROWING LIFE AWAY LIKE IT'S NOTHING IS NOT ART.
I absolutely agree that throwing a life away is nothing short of sickening. Some people create their own ideas about what exactly art is and for some unknown reason, this was art to her. But this is definitely a first for me. I would never think of something such as this as anything REMOTELY close to resembling a piece of artwork. Very very unusual and appalling indeed.
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