Word to describe the topic: Ethos
Quote from artist: " The tattoo is not the problem. The problem is the existence of social conditions that allow me to make this work." Santiago Sierra.
Hoban, Phoebe. "How far is too far?" ART NEWS summer 2008. 145-149
I thought this article was interesting because it talks about the boundaries of contemporary art and how far can we push the boundaries of art. One of the artists this article was talking a bout was Adel Abdessemed his work consisted of a video installation of animals being killed with sledge hammers. Even though the animals were going to be slaughtered and he did not kill them himself this work really angered audiences. Another one of these artists goes by the name of Santiago Sierra where he would pay impoverished Cuban prostitutes and poor Mexicans to tattoo their bodies. This work not only disturbed audiences but critics as well. I think this article relates not just myself but most conceptual artists today. If we are trying to get a certain message across in our work we have to have the ethics in order to back off. If your work is too offensive no one is going to want to see it.
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