Art as an instigator. Novel concept. As an instigator/antagonizer of any situation I look for little ways to get under peoples skin. Ways to push the buttons. But not all of the buttons. Just some. After all I am a guy, and smartass at that. So I relate to this topic, not fully, but some. There are certain things that I do not agree with like for one poking fun at or messing with someone’s religion. The Piss Christ piece…eh….I could do without. Even though that figure is not actually Christ it is still a representational image of him. That image means a lot to people. Putting it in that context is not cool. Especially something as defiable as urine. And don’t say anything to the extent of urine being cleansed from the body. That’s bullshit. If someone took that stance then….Sin could be considered cleansed from the body like urine. But then you put Christ right back into the shit with this art piece “Piss Christ”.
There was also “Cut” a piece done by Yoko Ono in which members of the audience participated by cutting one piece of here clothing. But There was one particular male member of the audience who didn’t follow the rules. He cut numerous times and removed full pieces of her clothing. Whether are not the act of participating in this event sparked his male hormone driven curiosity to find out what was underneath all of that clothing or whether he was trying to instigate something between himself and Yoko as being an asshole no one will ever no. But after watching the video one day he had a devilish smile in his face while he made each unruling cut.
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