After seeing the works of art that hold "power" over people I understand exactly why they do. In the case of the pictures on naked children it is not a positive power that they hold but a negative one. Almost every person in the class was in complete cohesion when say that, that shouldn't be allowed to photograph children in that way. Some could understand why and how the pictures were probably taken but no one was flat-out, "Yes. This is okay as art and I have no problem with it."
A couple of the other pieces held different types of power. The Mexican people acting inside the glass boxes really interested me because I have spent extended time in Mexico. I thought it was interesting how people could go up and share their confessions about what they thought about Mexico and how it was almost always a media-based assumption.
The sexual figurines that were shown were definitely meant for shock value. I have come across Takshi Murakami's work in other art classes in the past and I found it interesting how he could make such happy, playful work of flowers and smiley faces with all kinds of vibrant colors and flora and then completely change directions and go to very adult, sexual versions of what look like children's toys. I personally would never make something for a shock value merely because I would rather stimulate thought on a piece where you study every part of it and what it means rather than seeing something and closing your eyes or turning away almost immediately like many of my classmates did.
In this project I am planning on taking some sorts of logos and changing them to become art themselves rather than symbols for, what I believe to be, destructive things.
-N8
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