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by RockyMcNuts
3352 days ago
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All 100% true… that being said, it's also a little like "Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins". Which is not completely true from all points of view, if I follow you around swinging my fist a millimeter from your nose, it's still an act of violence. If I paint a tag on the statue, it's vandalism. If I put up a giant dude swinging a croquet mallet next to the Arc de Triomphe, people who appreciated the monument will be upset. (Or Trump next to Mount Rushmore…or a man exposing himself to the girl between her and the bull) Sometimes art that is motivated by response to another piece of art is itself timeless, and transcends the original. Sometimes it's just crap. Recontextualizing is an occupational hazard, if you're a statue, or an artist. We can debate whether the girl elevates the bull, or disrespects and diminishes it. If it's fine art or crap. And if it falls into that grey area of recontextualizing or vandalism. |
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