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In reply to the discussion: Artist gives birth to vaginal painting [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)93. I agree
Shock isn't really cutting edge in art anymore. We are all more shock-resistant. Artists have to work really hard at it if that's the goal. Still possible, but you see a lot of half-baked attempts.
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you had a naked woman, in the middle of square and even that could not draw a crowd to her stupid.
seabeyond
Apr 2014
#26
just because it is allowed does not mean that the poster may not use discretion.
Tuesday Afternoon
Apr 2014
#114
I think anything that doesn't contribute directly to your physical survival is "art".
Marr
Apr 2014
#150
At least she wasn't degraded by being on the cover of a sports magazine
The Straight Story
Apr 2014
#21
We were talking about the desperate attempts of youth to try and "shock" and call it art.
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#22
I've never seen nor heard of Trunick, but that photo and event you showed is actually quite lovely.
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#100
I bet dollars to donuts they ran out sometime in the early days of the roman empire
MattBaggins
Apr 2014
#139
A couple days a month, most premenopausal women could do this without paintballs.
pnwmom
Apr 2014
#55
This is just like Jim Carey bending over and using his hands to move his butt cheeks
MattBaggins
Apr 2014
#140
At least she didn't degrade herself by appearing on the cover of the swimsuit issue of SI.
Vashta Nerada
Apr 2014
#42
I can give this points for good muscular control, but beyond that, not much! n/t
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#51
She's claiming she says that to any man who is a sex positive feminist...
Violet_Crumble
Apr 2014
#156
You mean there are bad, unskilled ways to squirt paint out of your cooch?
Frank Cannon
Apr 2014
#109
If a bystander had kicked one of the scaffolds out from under her, would that be art?
Orrex
Apr 2014
#90
That is not what you said. As for Art/Performance Art, I could give/take a shit.
Tuesday Afternoon
Apr 2014
#146