In the mall at least, the artists’ instincts seemed to be borne out. In an hour and a half, more than 100 people walked by the exhibit. Only 8 stopped to look.
Oh, my lord, the people really are complacent about freedom! They continued going about their business despite the presence of giant crappy posters!
Apparently, the NYT has not heard of some of the less-frequently-invoked American freedoms: the freedom to ignore propaganda, the freedom to avert your eyes from artists who scream for attention, the freedom to shop without genuflecting at sanctimonious criticism of your country, and the freedom to loathe hideous art.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The Four Freedoms
How daring. How transgressive. Ably mocked by Ann Althouse who says:
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Art in America?
Today, it is created by nihilists who dig deep into their bowels filled with useful idiot crap to be plastered all over the canvas to show how ugly we are.
Art is dead, kill by crappy artists.
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