Monday 21 January 2019

CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD..??

OF COURSE IT CAN! Art can challenge and change human perception. If you can change consciousness and redirect the perception of a human being...YOU HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD!!
This is a blog entry that explores the idea that Literature and Art as social and political protest can be the catalyst for SOCIAL and POLITICAL CHANGE.
https://becuriouslit.blogspot.com/search?q=ART

This is a painting by Hitler...
















In 2008 the CHAPMAN BROTHERS bought some of Hitler's paintings and added some interesting imagery...The first is titled..If Hitler had been a hippy how happy he would be....What do you think of this work? What was the aim of the brothers?























Below are examples of the art Hitler despised. Students might want to consider why dictators despise artists. WHY DID STALIN KILL POETS? What is it about ART that tyrannical leaders find so repulsive?
What does their reaction tell us about the power of Literature and Art?

This is a BBC article that explores the subject of Hitler's 'DEGENERATE' Art exhibitions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24819441
Article from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/mar/13/degenerate-art-attack-modern-art-nazi-germany-review-neue-galerie

He was not a fan of the work below...WHY?




























ALLEZ!