Aussie, in Relationships, banned all posts of Zurich-born artist Andrea Hasler's work, saying they would not be tolerated elsewhere on Ozpolitics. Yes, her work is visually jarring, but does it need to be banned?

horrible stuff..

let me ask this..

would you or do you put this up in your own lounge room?.. pic please..

if so well I guess we can endure I will just avoid this thread....

I CAN DO THAT..

however if it isnt what you would have in your home.

then lets be fair dont foist it on others...

I am amazed anyone would even seek out things like this.. I always ask what sort of drugs  was this artist on at the time of creating these....horror of horrors..

I dont think they had stuff like that in Amiytiville did they???

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:08pm:



Art appreciation needn't be limited to what you'd personally display in your home.

Mattyfisk wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:13pm:


All that uncovered meat, where's Sheik Taj Din today?

This:


Quote:


....is another outright lie by AiA.

I remember 40 years ago or so, when a reporter asked the chief censor why we needed censorship.

And he said viewing pornography made people perverted.

To which the reported asked, and as you view all the material does this make you the most perverted person in Australia.

That was back when reporters were good

Can anyone tell me what is 'artistic' about that 'tent?'  Where is the 'art?'

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:30pm:


Further, AiA did not post it for any claimed artistic value.  He posted it as a deliberate abusive slight against a Sub-Forum and its Moderator with whom he is having his own little on-going unilateral War, and he is mightily pissed orf that he is coming second.

I think it is visually very ugly and I can see what the artist was going for, but he/she failed to either shock nor present a work that was either interesting or worth looking at . Thats just me.

miketrees wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:33pm:



mike I thought it was beautiful and yes I would have it in my home..

but I am not religious   and they why it was attacked....and we get upset with muslims.. 


however he said it like it really is....its exactly like what we do......ask the Catholic church or all of them as far as I am concerned...

anyway this  other stuff...make me sick to look at it...its got not a thing to do with life or religion.. its to provoke shock and ........well I can only say interest.. get the artists name in print.....

can anyone give an explanation of what the artist is saying?????

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:23pm:


I do fine art photography and sketching, and additional to my stuff I have some very cool pieces friends have given/swapped.
No pressed flowers in the house of Gordy

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:33pm:


You've got to get past the idea that all art is made to look pretty and is made to be displayed in a private home.

Some stuff is made solely to make people say what the bugger!

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:39pm:


I was going to mention the wall of vag.
I love every bit of MONA but probably wouldn't want a single thing in my home

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:45pm:


Go to Hobart and check out MONA - you'll love it.

Nice little boat ride from Hobart to the museum, and once there you can view the exhibitions, have a meal and a drink or two, and even enjoy some jazz out on the lawn.

The 'Wall of Vaginas' is called something else, but I can't post the title here.

There are some amazing exhibitions at that place, and the building itself is amazing.

It's carved into the ground.

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:45pm:


We all react differently and have different thresholds. You like to be confronted right up to your limit, right?

The art in the OP didn't even make me blink. My first reaction was to want to know what materials were used.

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 3:59pm:


As opposed to a dead cane toad playing golf.   

how many of these fine arts have you guys got hanging in your homes??????

HOW MANY.. thats all it takes...you can even buy prints if they are grand sellers...so how MANY PRINTS OF THIS FINE ART do you have hanging in your homes???..

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:05pm:


Missed it, what was it?

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:05pm:


Prints?

Good lord, only poor people would hang prints on their walls.

Mr Hammer has some originals, I believe:

Gordon wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:08pm:


Lots of people miss it.

It's only in one toilet (as far as I know), and it's not labelled or mentioned in any official museum literature.

However, if you pick the right toilet you'll know about it.

Let's just say, it involves mirrors and a pair of binoculars.

Gordon wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:15pm:


Yeah, we all had that one.

Fun times   

Even Sir Booby had it.

I haven't been to MONA in Hobart, but it is definitely a place I would like to visit.   I guess the art in this thread is designed to shock and stimulate conversation.    I still can't quite get over the dress Lady Gaga wore to the Music Awards in 2010.  That to me was extreme, and most probably very uncomfortable

"At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, American singer Lady Gaga wore a dress made of raw beef, which was commonly referred to by the media as the meat dress.[1][2][3] Designed by Franc Fernandez and styled by Nicola Formichetti, the dress was condemned by animal rights groups, and named by Time as the top fashion statement of 2010.

The press speculated on the originality of the meat dress idea, with comparisons made to similar images found in contemporary art and popular culture. As with her other dresses, it was archived, but went on display in 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after being preserved by taxidermists as a type of jerky. Gaga explained following the awards ceremony that the dress was a statement about one's need to fight for what one believes in, and highlighted her distaste for the US military's don't-ask-don't-tell policy.

[url]At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, American singer Lady Gaga wore a dress made of raw beef, which was commonly referred to by the media as the meat dress.[1][2][3] Designed by Franc Fernandez and styled by Nicola Formichetti, the dress was condemned by animal rights groups, and named by Time as the top fashion statement of 2010.

The press speculated on the originality of the meat dress idea, with comparisons made to similar images found in contemporary art and popular culture. As with her other dresses, it was archived, but went on display in 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after being preserved by taxidermists as a type of jerky. Gaga explained following the awards ceremony that the dress was a statement about one's need to fight for what one believes in, and highlighted her distaste for the US military's don't-ask-don't-tell policy."

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga's_meat_dress/url]

I am not quite sure what the dress itself had to do with Clinton's "don't ask - don't tell" policy.

This thing, Vic?



Looks like crap to me, but hardly offensive in any way.

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:40pm:



No, that is not the one!

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:30pm:


They certainly are 'brain-teasers', but you've got to have a brain to be teased Bushy, so that lets you off the hook.... 

cods wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:26pm:


Now now, dear, you have a nice lie down. i'll check to see if the vaginal tumour bed's free.

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:48pm:


Her flaps are on display.

And yeah, it's a stupid dress.

All good fun, though.

No one was hurt (except the cow, or course).

Aussie wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 12:25pm:


You deleted the image and threatened me by saying this art would not be tolerated elsewhere on Ozpolitics.

You wrote:



You are not the Arbiter of OzPolitics Aussie ... It is been said that art is difficult, it is not entertainment ... especially for a cabbie whose idea of entertainment is the porn mag hidden under his seat and read between fares ...

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 4:11pm:



No good standing on the seat,
These Bondi crabs can jump six feet!

Mattyfisk wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 5:04pm:



and you can get back to your grubby little boy locker...
and your dirty picture books..I believe its the on ly way you can get a rise these days.

cods wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 6:49am:



Actually I have none - I just like to shock by dredging up a nice piece of art for you occasionally.  the purpose of art is to awaken thought in the viewer - it seems to have worked in this case, but the result, though predictable, is disappointing.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 9:04am:


Fixed

Gordon wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 9:23am:




hehehehee the word PULL is in some way titillating..


ye gods!

Gordon wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 9:22am:



Damn that spell check............................... I blame the messenger....

A man who bans art will burn books. A man who burns books is a Nazi.

Mattyfisk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 8:16pm:


Ffs Karnal, how many times do I have to tell you.  It was on the oval. We slipped out during the blue light disco and I slipped it in.

Does this help?

Link.

And more:


Link.

Gordon wrote on Feb 28^th, 2017 at 3:42pm:

And....tadaaaahhhhhh!

Link.

And BTW Mr Aussie, for someone who has vowed to ignore me, you have a funny way of ignoring me 

Mattyfisk wrote on Feb 28^th, 2017 at 4:23pm:


Do you really think I'm actually going to discuss my penis with some dirty Paki in Granville?

Mattyfisk wrote on Feb 28^th, 2017 at 4:38pm:


Karnal, if you really want to ask question about mens penises, join a gay chat room, or better still, try a steam room in Oxford St.

AiA wrote on Feb 26^th, 2017 at 11:38pm:



Aussie, I have posted the images on "the main board" and have not gotten banned. What do you have to say for your censorship?

Gordon wrote on Feb 28^th, 2017 at 4:36pm:


Once bitten, twice shy?   

Unforgiven wrote on Mar 1^st, 2017 at 10:39am:


No, I think that was Gordon.

He grew it back.

HI ALL


Leave me out of this one, however if i was into meat art?

My dogs would be very happy, not my style.