Showing posts with label artistic provocation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artistic provocation. Show all posts

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Why NWA's provocative 1980s rap became an anthem

Recommendable, but provocative! Unfortunately, other famous rappers of this time were not mentioned (e.g. Sugar Hill gang, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Mona Lisa In An Age Of Beauty Obsession?

Posted: 12/13/2018

Today, I saw this picture of Mona Lisa posted in my LinkedIn account:

Shocking, stirring, provocative, or plain stupid …?

The great human drive or urge for self improvement or vanity never ceases. Some prefer quick and easy cosmetic surgery for outward only change …

The painting of Mona Lisa has been used and abused many times over the century for all kinds of purposes. This is just a latest example of artistic provocation by adopting a well recognized piece of art.