March 26, 2007, 7:23 pm
Oh how I love our little school of Visual Arts, the lebel School. A haven where great artists hang eating ramen noodles. Everyone is friendly and you are usually greated by a smile. Now, Lebel is a place where a lot of experimental art happens,professors praise the risky experimental and somewhat disregard or encourage a push of the more technical, and practical.
I have seen a lot of great works that push the boundaries, but none such as the one I had witnessed today. As I was walking into the building with a friend and she had into some of her friends and they were discussing this particular piece that was on display in the hallway, it appeared to me whatever this piece was it was quite controversial. The words surrounding it were "gross", "obscene" and sparked a mini debate over what art is. Of course my curiosity was peaked and I had to see what this this piece was. So the girl I was with shouwed me what her and her friends were previously talking about. I turned the corner, and there I was eye to eye with it, a 5 day posting of a girls used (and oddly moldy) maxi pads and tampons. I have not seen art in a long time that provoked the feeling I had when I looked at these. My feelings on this were an applause for bravery, along with some questioning of certain things and what I view art to be, or how to make something mean more than it's immeadiate spectacle. Of course this piece was the talk of Lebel all day, people would go and show there freinds and there were often little groups of 2 or three gathered around discussing it.
The most horrifying reaction I saw towards this came from a teacher. As I was leading a friend to see it, we turned a corner at the same time as this teacher. She had a horrified look on her face, and a determination in her step that seemed she would have rather ploughed into us than look at the piece one moment longer. I was not shocked at the piece so much as I was shocked that a teacher at the very contemporary Lebel school of Visual Arts dissaproved brave art, I guess that's what Ivy League does to you.
By Danielle | 2 COMMENTS | POSTED IN: text
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Justin says,
danny, you should write more often!
Comment posted on : January 10, 2008, 6:49 pm | By: Justin
Josh says,
Unfortunately the piece was made of tomato juice. Bummer. I was in this artist's class when she handed it in. I wish it was more realistic. Still, it was an attempt at bravery.
Comment posted on : March 11, 2008, 8:38 pm | By: Josh
