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sandglass (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sandglass) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
Re: *dons art major glasses*
I wish people would stop using the "It's art!" defense for everything. Yes, art definitely deserves extra leeway, but art deserves extra leeway because of its ability to offer insight, criticism, perspective, philosophy, etc, and in ways that other ways of expression just can't. But this (and 99% of the time this defense comes up) doesn't do that!
Their defense seems to be "It reflects the past" which is fair, but this isn't a neglected part of the past. We all know Nazi Germany was antisemitic. They're not offering anything new, or even anything relevant. They're just going, "Look, we dressed up as antisemitic characters and are doing an antisemitic thing!"
Plus, an important part of art is the ability to then criticize it. A huge part of art is getting a reaction, even if the reaction is, "We do not accept this in our society." Offensive art can make us more moral people through our offense and rejection of the art.
I wish people would stop using the "It's art!" defense for everything. Yes, art definitely deserves extra leeway, but art deserves extra leeway because of its ability to offer insight, criticism, perspective, philosophy, etc, and in ways that other ways of expression just can't. But this (and 99% of the time this defense comes up) doesn't do that!
Their defense seems to be "It reflects the past" which is fair, but this isn't a neglected part of the past. We all know Nazi Germany was antisemitic. They're not offering anything new, or even anything relevant. They're just going, "Look, we dressed up as antisemitic characters and are doing an antisemitic thing!"
Plus, an important part of art is the ability to then criticize it. A huge part of art is getting a reaction, even if the reaction is, "We do not accept this in our society." Offensive art can make us more moral people through our offense and rejection of the art.
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