Was This Discussed...Controversial Painting NSFW

noneyons wrote: I understand the ambiguity as well. But from the pictures alone, I could sense that something was off about the author's intent which is why I did a quick Google search on her. My findings confirmed my beliefs.

Okay, so it wasn't just me then. Something seems off about her work. I can't put my finger on it. And I know plenty about my history, so I'm not on some "she shouldn't shed light on this" crap.

I think she's team swirl too, which makes it more face-palm worthy (at least to me).


Edited by blaquefoxx - Feb 01 2013 at 1:37pm

I wasn't talking to you

jonesable wrote: Alias_Avi wrote: The artist is conveying what she's trying to represent but we have such a "black people are innately good" mentality that we can't even digest the fact that a Black woman could create such a tragically perplexing and brutality honest depiction of her subconscious desires What I'm saying is it doesn't matter what she is trying to say. Her intent is void and insignificant. This is my point of view on all authors and artists. It's from the theory of deconstructionism That's how I view all work. Once a work is published the author and what she wants to convey matters not. But I understand some ppl don't subscribe or understand the deconstructionist theory. In literary meetings on me and an older professor have like minds on these topics. .

Oh dear. 

I understand where you're coming from though, jones.

Hellurr

Aren't most of us in that boat? Why are we so ready to assume that Black people don't want other Blacks to educate the White masses about the real horrors of slavery? Why is that our default interpretation of each other's position? (I'm asking this generally btw)

Doesn't make sense to me

blaquefoxx wrote: noneyons wrote: I understand the ambiguity as well. But from the pictures alone, I could sense that something was off about the author's intent which is why I did a quick Google search on her. My findings confirmed my beliefs. Okay, so it wasn't just me then. Something seems off about her work. I can't put my finger on it. And I know plenty about my history, so I'm not on some "she shouldn't shed light on this" crap. I think she's team swirl too, which makes it more face-palm worthy (at least to me).

Edited by Alias_Avi - Feb 01 2013 at 1:47pm