Nipple Jesus Reaction

Nipple Jesus

                This was the first piece I have read for this class that I actually found a connection to. This article hit home with me because I feel connected to how Dave views art. I do not have very much experience in the art world but whenever I am surrounded by art I feel like a fish out of water. Like Dave, whenever I think I have “figured out” about a piece of artwork usually turns out to have nothing to do with what the artist actually wanted the piece to say. What I can take from the piece is that half of what an artist is trying to do when creating a piece is to elicit a response from those viewing the artwork, which is something that I never really thought about before. I think this is interesting because the few times that I have been exposed to the “art world” I have been way more interested in the people view the art than the art itself.

                The thing that troubles me most about this article is how the artist could have invested so much time in creating a piece just in hopes that someone would do something irrational and ridiculous like destroying it. I know that I would have trouble spending countless hours working on something only to see the public destroy it. Also if the artist intent was to watch people reaction to her art, she did a poor job in planning the filming of it. I would have made sure that cameras covered multiple angles and were able to take the highest quality of video possible.