Controversial Art

At first, this piece just looks like a skull and crossbones colored to look like the American flag. However at a closer look, you notice not only the skull and flag but the crossbones are really two rifles, the eye is a oil barrel, the teeth are bombs and the nose is a oil tower. This would be considered un-American in many ways. "It's not anti-Christian. It's not anti-American. I'm just voicing my opinion about the (Iraq) war," the artist, Peter Nichols said. No matter the original reason behind the inspiration, the outcome is the same.

Controversial Art

This piece is controversial because it makes light of something that many people hold sacred. This is a sculpture of Jesus at the cross but it’s made out of balloons. There are many different things to be said about this. Including that Jesus was frail and easy to break. Even people without this particular faith could be offended by this.

Controversial art

"The intention was that steam would burst from the sculpture’s nozzle at random time interval, adding an air of surprise." says the artist of this work David Cerny. This piece of controversial art is on the side of the Prague’s National Theatre, in a very prominent position on the bank of a river. The sculpture was supposed to be installed in May 2003, right before Czech referendum about entering the EU. At the end of February the board of the Theatre cancelled it, fearing that they would all lose their jobs. Some of the more uptight individuals have probably found this offensive, while others find it a refreshingly humorous contribution to the sculpture art world.

Art that records history

The invasion of the Sea Peoples is one of the best documented incursions of a military force into ancient Egypt in Egyptian art history. This pattern suggests the Sea People had great mobility and were motivated by taking spoil from wherever they had the opportunity to take it.

Blakes Piece of Art

The Raft of the Medusa

An oil painting of 1818–1819 by the French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault (1791–1824).

The Raft of the Medusa depicts a moment from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval frigate Méduse, which ran aground off the coast of today's Mauritania. At least 147 people were set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft; all but 15 of them died in the 13 days before their rescue and those who survived endured starvation, dehydration, cannibalism, and madness. The event became an international scandal, in part because its cause was widely attributed to the incompetence of the French captain acting under the authority of the recently restored French monarchy.

This "piece of art" is obviously depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus. Most people, including myself, will find this work extremely controversial and offensive. The "artist" who created this tries to deny that it was meant to be offensive, but her spin has left many unconvinced.

picture this project-softness

Our group chose the theme softness from picturethis.com, and we each took a picture of something that represents soft to us.


This picture represents softness to me, because of the bed, fuzzy blanket, houseshoes, soft light, and soft elegant pearls.







This stuffed owl is soft in two ways. It is soft to the touch, but even more soft than its fur is that it is from someone I love. Love is a soft, kind, and calming feeling.






Turner field. The atmospere is so soothing there, the air is light, the people are accepting, all qualities of something soft












If you want to find a soft spot..follow a cat.














This is what soft means to me... My sweet puppy Princess. This was taken the first night I had her. :)











Most people think of softness as an object that is soft. I like to think of it as someone who is sweet or a "softie." This is a picture of a man who would in any other situation, look agressive or intimidating. Here however, he looks caring and sweet.