Because of the current discussion over Steve Jones' "Gasoline Art", I felt it might be a good topic for this forum. HOW FAR IS "TOO FAR" IN THE CREATION OF ART? What would you do or not do to create your art?
Over the years, I've seen and heard many forms of art that totally disgusted me, but, to each his own I usually always felt. For example, in todays society, we accept a lot of artistic license, such as extreme body piercing and tatooing, desecrating of national and religious icons, the use of disgusting materials, etc. all in the creation of "ART".
It's very obvious that we, as artists, must always make a decision as to "how far is too far"!
It would be interesting to see what everyone thinks. I don't want this to become a flame thread, but would like some serious discussion on the subject. Remember, we all have our own opinions on things, and although, Steve did something we all feel was very improper, he did achieve his goal of shocking us all and invoking a very heated discussion and he did create some interesting photos. Was it "too far"? Did we carry it "too far" when we allowed the subject to go beyond a discussion of art and how it was created to a religious discussion? How far would you go to create a project, and how far would you go to argue your point or right to produce your art?
Let's hear what you have to say!!!
Ken