Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art

[ingemann]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/swedish-artist-sentenced-racist-art-dan-park

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[ingemann]

While the art he was imprisoned for have been destroyed. Here is a example of one of his earlier works.

It may not be safe for work.













http://denfrie.blogspot.dk/2014/08/not-only-ns-have-dreams.html

[ingemann]

That example was in poor taste, not well done, and includes a gratuitous use of the n-word, but there actually is a kernel of a good idea there in contrasting the dreams of someone like MLK with someone like Hitler.

I do in general don't like the idea of art needing to provoke, but at least this is a real provocation to the artistic community rather than pseudo-provocation, where all your arty friends tell you, how brave you are for sticking it to the "Man".

[ingemann]

The fact he intended this to be considered art in the first place is probably criminal in its own right.

There seem a common ideology among many modern artist, that art is to provoke, making people think, breaking borders and attacking power that be. Of course by that, they usual mean things like making thing like Piss Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ), or other things which attack traditional values in vague liberal way. Dan Park seem to have made sought the logical conclusion of this way of thinking, and have broken the most holiest of Swedish taboos especially the ones the Swedish artistic community keeps.

Of course I myself are something of a rindalist, so I don't hold this ideology, but that doesn't keep me from finding the reaction of the Swedish artistic community hilarious.

[ingemann]

Again, politicus acts as a relay of far-right and racists.

Clearly posting a article from a socialist newspaper founded by anti-Nazi partisans by a left wing author, are a sign of a person acting as a relay of the far-right and racists.

Or maybe it's just a sign that some people (specific you) should take their head out of their ass, and try to use the grey matter.

[ingemann]

Yeah, pretty embarrassing for Sweden.

A black friend of mine was really offended when her white male friend told her she couldn't be racist due to her skin colour, mansplaining to her that she didn't understand how racism works.

Oh yes, I have always found the whole only White people can be racist well kind of racist and not primary toward White people, more to the non-White people, as it put them in some kind of position as the noble savages. Of course that's only when White people use the argument. When non-White say it, I just see them as common racists.

[ingemann]

How surprising! Denmark endorsing racism.

How surprising Max Que support terrorism.