I am shrinking...among other things: YOU CALL THAT ART..... !!!!!!!

I recently read that ART has no boundaries. And I do believe that ART is subjective, personal, your opinion, a matter of personal taste etc. etc. BUT what is ART when it is just in BAD TASTE?

If a comedian (as in an ARTIST) says something like "That's about as funny as the holocaust." Do we laugh, frown, turn to our partner and say - 'wow - now that was in bad taste'......

We had an ARTIST of some renown here who did a display, out in the woods, with bits of twigs and leaves and dead bunnies hanging about. It was called ART. I thought it should be called BAD TASTE. I believe she is the same ARTIST who went on to design a MEAT DRESS. I kid you not! Her husband is an ARTIST as well, along with all of her friends...who all pat themselves on the backs and have a mutual admiration society which just encourages them to come up with more 'edgy' "out there" and yes, BAD TASTE ART! ART without boundaries.

AND THEN there is the ....man on the street....well, I could do an entire blog on this subject, but for now I will just show you this:

Is this kind of express an art form? Can we just say that this is......bad taste? His own personal expression? A walking ART form? As my friend says, "How did he know when he was finished?"

Bad Art is, according to the Museum of Bad Art in Dedham, Massachusetts, "art that is created with the best of intentions, but gone horribly wrong."

Unlike commercially-produced "assembly line" art, genuine BAD ART cannot be created on purpose. The painter who sets out to create BAD ART isn’t creating that at all, because what they create is silly and glib....and intentionally BAD.

I beleive real BAD ART springs forth with a sense of hope, one that defiantly states: “I commit my soul to this creation; one that will make the world weep.”

I almost wept when I spotted this. It is supposed to be a dog...with three legs?...and what is with the blue balls and the fur bra??? I truly hope the artist didn't commit their soul to this one.

Naked bodies - okay that got your attention. I have been to museums and seen truly beautiful works in marble of naked men....and women...and children. They aren't beautiful because they are naked they are beautiful because of the craftsmanship...the, dare I say...artistry. Then I have seen a statue of a young naked girl on the back of bull with it's tongue sticking out, by one of our local ARTISTS and my first thought is - pervert! Okay the work itself is very, very good...but the subject is well ....in my humble opinion...bad taste.

Another naked body - except for a headscarf - called ART is described as follows:

The work is mostly made out of sugar and comprises a series of figures, including 15 servants bearing empty baskets and bananas. These boyish slaves are moving towards a giantess at the centre of the piece, naked except for a Black Mammie headscarf. Her sphinx-like physique is exaggeratedly feminine.

"I was thinking about sugar and the associations with desire," explains the artist.

Yeah, well....it makes me think of pancakes....or maybe Oprah. Oh, was that in bad taste???

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In Moncton, N.B. a young man went on a shooting rampage. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police told the news agents the officers were shot responding to reports of an armed man wearing camouflage clothing.

Residents were told to stay indoors but be on the lookout for....a man wearing camouflage.