assume to be nothing but an unkempt bed, plopped in the center of the gallery. Immediately confusing thoughts rush the individual’s mind: This is art? What makes this art?; I rolled out of one of these this morning. My Bed (1998), the sculpture by Tracey Emin, is the aforementioned catalyst in provoking these questions which are essential to art and art’s meaning. The work consists of the artist’s messy bed, complete with bloodstains, disheveled sheets and littered with traces of the artist—her dirty
Culture is defined as a set of ideas, customs and social behavior of a particular people or a society. Every nation has its own specific culture, which exhibits one’s own traditions, beliefs and values. It is the totality of the thought and practice by which a people creates itself, celebrates, refrain and develop itself and introduces itself to history and humanity. The African culture is divided into greater number of ethnic cultures that include African arts and crafts, folklore and religion
The analyzed TV show is The Simpsons, one of the most popular TV shows in the USA. The Simpsons is an American cartoon television sitcom that shows the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on 1987. After three seasons, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons, which debuted on December 17, 1989.
While Picasso and Mutu’s work is more subtle, Emin has no shame in sharing her inner world with its most embarrassing details, as well as exposing her vulnerability. The reason for this could be the artists’ cultural background, as Emin was born into a more progressive environment. Picasso faced the risk of not being able to showcase his work considering public disagreement due to the idyllic
power to be transferred back to the artist. With Tracey Emin, she as an artist, commented on her own work, as well as the institutions and galleries she was involved with. Her piece My Bed was a violent message of life, sex, and death. Her life was shared through installations of her confessional self-portrait that may have featured stained sheets, cigarette butts, empty alcohol bottles, and used condoms. This imagery may have spoken for itself, but Emin has communicated and written about this piece
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In aphorism 98, Nietzsche talks about the effect of meter in poetry. He says that “meter lays a veil over reality; it effectuates a certain artificiality of speech and unclarity of thinking; by means of the shadows it throws over thoughts it now conceals, now brings into prominence.” The effects of meter in certain poems like Catullus’ poem 5 is very prominent, and in the way Nietzsche is thinking, it brings into prominence things that would not have previously been considered, but contrary to Nietzsche
When looking at the numbers of past years it is very clear that women are underrepresented in the art scene and especially in prestigious galleries and art museums. As stated on the website of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 51% of the visual artists today are female but only 33% of the artists represented at the prestigious Venice art biennale were women. More shockingly according to the numbers women have to be naked to get into the famous Met museum in New York. 3% of the works were
Oxford English Dictionary defined autobiography as “an account of a person's life written by that person”. What it did not mention is that writing an autobiography requires plenty of leisure time, good education, wealth and access to books. As the world changes by time, situation changes too. Autobiographical statement of many different classes, ethnic backgrounds which also includes the deprived are accessible in various written forms and even as works of art. In an article written by novelist
Courting the Beast Imagine yourself in an empty, soundproof room; white padded walls, a lonely lightbulb flickering above. Depression feels very much like the aforementioned scene: desolate, monotonous, and helpless. Despite the wide variety of demographics affected by depression, our society devalues the physiological effects of depression and instead portrays it as a mood––or even worse––a phase. This notion is further amplified in our modern society through the way depression is depicted by pop
Social Networking Website is online platform that allows user to create a public profile and interact with other users on the website. Some people use social networking sites for meeting new friends and to finds old friends. Some use social networking site in dominating force in the modern world that can change minds, catch more business, increase sales or build brand or business. Facebook and Google+ are some of the examples of the popular social networking site. Over the years, these social networking
The capital city of England is divided into many districts and one such inner city district is Shoreditch. It lies within the modern Central London and the historic East End of London immediately to the north of the City of London. The suburbs of Shoreditch were quite alluring and charming thus, known to be a great place for tourism. Moreover, it’s been quite long that Shoreditch became a fashionable and famous part of the London city. Also the prices of property and land have risen now to a great