Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Censored

Much like yesterday, the gallery doors are locked. While going to check my mail, I notced that two pieces were taken down, one of which was Brett's painting. On the wall of the other piece was a note saying "I refuse to participate in a censored show." I knew then that something happened.

I tried to take a peak into the gallery, but the doors were locked and the lights were out. I peered through the glass like some kind of window shopper in a porn shop. I couldn't see the piece that caused so much fuss. In it's place, I saw a black square.

I then took it upon myself to find out what's up. Turns out that they did put a black vail over the piece. In protest, several students are pulling out their pieces or covering them their own art work. The artist himself is pissed off royally! Frankly, I don't want the show to go on now and is able ready to take down all of the pieces still up in the hallway and shove them in the back room somewhere. I would, but there are cameras all over the place, even in the library.

This is stupid! I go to a liberal art college! A very liberal art college! The ironic thing is, my school if funded by a bunch of conservative shit heads! The commissioner's dinner is coming soon, and that means if he isn't happy with the gallery, we won't get a damn cent off of his rich ass.

Damn it, why can't this school be funded by someone like Aaron or at least someone that appreciates art like he does?

This whole thing makes me sick.

2 comments:

S said...

I'd read about the big hooplah on Gaia. Silly, silly conservative-christian influence on American morality. A shame Rome and Greece couldn't have had more influence on the modern day, really.

Also, your new (blog sidebar) photograph looks much better than the older one. You lost weight, or something?

nate said...

this sucks man, art is art...