Aug 1, 2017
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Doubtful! by Flaco.
Doubtful! by Flaco.
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Would you consider it wrong or disrespectful to hang a reproduction of a piece of offensive art in a home? Something Orientalist, sexist, etc. Do you think varying degrees of knowledge re: the issues with the work make any difference?
Questions like this one confuse the crap out of me.
The problem I have with answering is that it seems like there is a rather specific application of this concept you already have in mind, and my answer is somehow supposed to resolve it for you. I could give you a list of 17 different specific circumstances in which the answer could be “yes” or “no” very obviously from the context of the situation, without my having to tell anyone.
I’m not really here to tell other people how to conduct their home decor; nor am I here to tell anyone how to feel about anyone else’s home decor…perhaps I inexplicably have more faith in people’s critical thinking skills than I should.
You know what? How about we do a critical art tour of my home? There are works that certainly can be considered sexist, and definitely some things that could be considered Orientalist considering that I have them, or am displaying them. I’ve omitted my own artwork, as well as works done by my immediate family.
Firstly, you have stuff I found at thrift stores:
I don’t know if there’s much critique to be leveled there….
^ Now this is a part of my collection of small containers. A small ceramic jar made by a friend of mine, an antique cartridge box, and the tin for a mid-Autumn Festival Mooncake a colleague gave me quite awhile back. There’s a case to be made that someone who doesn’t celebrate mid-Autumn Festival regularly (me), displaying a Mooncake tin is Orientalist, especially since all of us exist in the same world as this kind of garbage . Displaying relatively ordinary objects as if they are art also has a long history that aligns with American/Western fetishization of “Othered” cultures.
If you need clarification on that last point, no one asks me why I have/display the Mooncake tin, but almost everyone asks why I have a collection of Spam tins.
^ That, of course, is one of the posters from the Medievalpoc Print shop.
The door to this room has a Halloween decal on the door year-round, since this room also contains several bookcases:
Both of these images can certainly be considered sexist and/or to reflect white supremacy in certain ways:
^ This is Olivia Voldaren from Magic: The Gathering
^ This is a print from a local tea shop that also functions as a gallery for local artists.
^ Another thrift shop find, a 2 x 2 needlepoint of a deer
I also happen to have a print of the “Pink Floyd Back Catalog” in my home, which in intent, design, concept and symbolism is certainly sexist. (If you can see, it’s bookended by two Weird Al Yankovic 45s).
Art is used for a lot of things in our culture, from home decor to advertising, from self-expression to showing us what is prohibited. And in the face of this obvious fact, there are people who still insist that art is inherently useless, or that only “useless” things can count as art. I happen to have a whole tanned deerskin in my home, not as decoration, but as a throw blanket. But I have known people who’ve used a hide as a “decoration” rather than a functional object, as something “exotic” for display rather than something meant to be used for warming one’s extremities in the winter.
I’ve had conversations on twitter with people who have insisted that unless it “enlarges your soul”, it isn’t art. And therefore racist art ISN’T art.
But insisting on theory over reality doesn’t actually change anything. I’ve certainly walking into homes that I walked right back out of because they were decorated in art that is overtly racist, sexist, violent, or just…gross.
But what’s missing from the original question here is the relationship of the person to how they’ve decorated their personal space. Without that element of the equation, answering the question is actually impossible.
Ohhhhh my god, you draw Watership Down... You're amazing.
Thank you! I am glad that there are people who appreciate a good book and my humble corner of bunny art! *3*
kumaliza replied to your post:copperhamster replied to your post:Ok so I really...
Are You That Somebody was weird too, and Invisible by Clay Aiken. and have you heard Run For Your Life by the Beatles?? Geez! Even that line in I’ve Got to Admit it’s Getting Better where he talks about beating his wife. Can’t believe I didnt notice!
Since this conversation started I've thought of a few more myself. I think if you like music it stops our brains from interpreting the lyrics. There was a big controversy when the BBC used Lou Reeds song "Perfect Day" as a charity song, they took the lyrics at face value and thought it was about a nice day when it was really about taking drugs.Oh them musicians and their sneaky lyrics.
kumaliza replied to your post:kumaliza replied to your post:Ok so I really loved...
You’re so right. At least it’s pretty laughable.. “I am everything you want I am everything you need I am everything inside of you That you wish you could be I say all the right things At exactly the right time” I mean come on, hahahah
That line "I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be" doesn't even make any sense, if it's already inside of her then she already has what she wants?? It comes across as "I am everything you wish you were" which sounds kind of dickish really. In hindsight I think a lot of stuff we liked when we were younger would make us cringe now.
kumaliza replied to your post:Ok so I really loved Vertical Horizon’s song...
omg … hahaha. We used to make fun of that song even though we loved it, and now I know why. The lyrics always seemed very full of themselves.
Like even the last chorus changes the perspective from some other guy to the singer himself, like "nevermind what the girl I'm crushing on actually thinks, my feelings are whats important here."