What is too explicit?

Found this article on daily mail about a student artists work not being displayed because of the explicit content saying it was offensive, loved the fact she stood up to the university about her work and paraded around in her underwear and show the university that sometimes art out there is shocking and controversial, and dismissed that it should be shown in a separate area or have only over 18's see the exhibit, the fact is with all that surrounds us in the modern day, explicit isn't so, explicit anymore  ! Should certainly have a warning, but not to show her work is abit harsh considering its contemporary art practice and its part of her srtudies for them and should be treated equally whatever the content!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307926/Student-strips-exhibition-work-row-university-erotic-paintings.html

Portrait compitition

Anyone have a strong pull towards portraits? If so Maybe u should enter!

"http://skyarts.sky.com/portrait/promo-trailer-with-joan-and-frank

My Experimental Photography Blog

http://isurvivedtwentytwelve.tumblr.com/

It's basically just a place that I'll now and then post random photography that I took and liked. No words, just photos. 

If you have not managed to see this on moodle?
http://paintingtheinnate.blogspot.co.uk

Destino

I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I thought it was pretty cool to see the two styles working together

Walt Disney & Salvador Dali - Destino

John Bellany - Retrospective

This is a must see exhibition at the National Galleries (RSA on Princes street) on until the 27 Jan .

This exhibition is a great document of this painter's career - early works whilst he was still at ECA show the strong influence that Port Seton had on his psyche both externally and internally.

These works are monumental in scale and execution.

There are works that clearly document his downward spiral into alcoholism - the frenzied application of paint and inward turmoil. All the time Bellany is using metaphors in his work - fish are symbols ...

You see the importance of drawing throughout Bellany's life including his need to draw as soon as the anaesthetic wore off after his liver transplant - he need to know he was still alive by drawing!!

At all times you realise his ability to use colour and it is a joy to behold - the catalogue unfortunately misses the vibrancy, subtlety, luminosity, sensitivity, delicacy of this artist's palette.  Go now!!!

Conserving Pollock

There is an interesting series of blog posts on MoMA about the conservation work being carried out on some of    Jackson Pollock's beautiful drip paintings including Echo. Check out it out here
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