You opinion on some artwork
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The photos were taken sometime ago. The article says that Faustina is now 11 years old.
She called her child Faustina? Has she sold her soul too?
I think it's a very interesting examination of how we react to the trappings of evil. It's just a little baby girl dressed up in different costumes, but because those clothes as associated with dictators it seems wrong to associate them with the girl - like the evil will rub off somehow.
I think it's a very interesting examination of how we react to the trappings of evil. It's just a little baby girl dressed up in different costumes, but because those clothes as associated with dictators it seems wrong to associate them with the girl - like the evil will rub off somehow.
It is art - not neccessarily good art but still art.
^Meh. Pretty unimaginative stuff---dressing your baby up and then taking pictures. I really don't think her message is really put across, nor is the message terribly original.
Yes, any baby could grow up to be Hitler--but right now, it's still a baby.
In a costume.
Sorry; not terribly moved or inspired by this at all.
Yes, any baby could grow up to be Hitler--but right now, it's still a baby.
In a costume.
Sorry; not terribly moved or inspired by this at all.
its basically baby cosplay...
& the Milosevic one is just a baby in a suit, really.
& the Milosevic one is just a baby in a suit, really.
A toddler's finger painting is art therefore if this woman took some photos to express an idea than it is art.
Art does not have to be good to be called art.
Art does not have to be good to be called art.
Hey, what's not to like?
The point is that nurture matters more than nature, so you'd better freak'n raise your kids right.
Is there anyone here actually opposed to taking responsibility for your kids and raising them correctly?
Or, you know...they'll turn into Hitler. Or something. Ok, yeah. It's stupid. But if 'stupid' bothered me I'd never get through the day. It doesn't bother me.
The point is that nurture matters more than nature, so you'd better freak'n raise your kids right.
Is there anyone here actually opposed to taking responsibility for your kids and raising them correctly?
Or, you know...they'll turn into Hitler. Or something. Ok, yeah. It's stupid. But if 'stupid' bothered me I'd never get through the day. It doesn't bother me.
Actually, I think it's a very clever idea in exploring the meaning of evil, with lots of emotive baggage. And that's what makes art, ideas and emotions.
I GET the point. It's a pretty obvious point, and a pretty unimaginative and heavy-handed way of expressing it.
I agree, actually. It's not terribly good art, but the ideas are interesting.
^ Yup.
It's Art, of course, but the idea doesn't impress me. Most of the discussion generated will be around whether it's appropriate to use a child that way. The photos themselves will be more likely to give the message that evil is intrinsic and present at birth, which is neither artistically inspired, intellectually interesting or true.
I think what I'm disliking most in this story is the mother's preoccupation with 'good' and 'evil'.
These are very emotive words that all too easily coerce people into making premature judgement and taking sides: good=you and I. evil=them.
In that sense they are dangerous words, that lead to the breakdown of harmonious relations, encouraging the creation of sides, and ultimately are a prelude to conflict.
I think that she is getting a worthwhile message across, if I am interpreting it correctly?
Motherhood, is a sanctioned form of oppression by a dictator/child.
Motherhood, is a sanctioned form of oppression by a dictator/child.
I'd agree with that, but only absent some clinical mental disease. I don't think people are born evil, but I think some people are born psychopaths and sociopaths and there isn't much you can do with them unless you identify it really early. Some people's brains are wired differently than most.