but what is art lol

More On Bill Henson…

3:37PM Jess McGuire | Apparently he lives in an area of Melbourne which has a couple of live music venues, and he used to complain about the noise. YOU CAN’T COMPLAIN ABOUT ART, BILL! WHERE WILL IT END? THE CONFISCATION OF INSTRUMENTS? MADNESS! On Friday night I nearly tried to gather some pitchforks and torches and start a pack of righteous vigilantes dedicated to bringing the street justice, but then I realised I couldn’t be bothered leaving the bar and walking all the way down the road simply to hate on some art certain folks don’t like. Oh, and guess what else I heard? Apparently he had “mature aged trees” transferred into his backyard! Using noisy trucks and cranes! MATURE AGED TREES, BILL? AT LEAST YOUR TASTE IN HORTICULTURE WON’T LEAVE CHILD ADVOCATES FOAMING AT THE MOUTH WITH RAGE. Fin. Actually, wait. Let’s add a LiveJournal feel to this post. LISTENING TO: “Yours Truly, Angry Mob” by Kaiser Chiefs PS: Here is a real article with some actual insights. More »

Why Are They Getting So Mad At That Dude From The Muppets? We Thought Kids Loved Him?

9:13AM Jess McGuire | Let us touch briefly on the current brouhaha (always a great Monday morning when I get to use that word) surrounding the exhibition of photographer Bill Henson. His photographs featured images “of early pubescent girls, in particular a 13-year-old whose picture, naked from the waist up, adorned the opening night invitation” and the subsequent outrage from the moral majority over his work led to police raiding a Sydney gallery and seizing the particularly offensive images. As Larissa Dubecki in The Age notes - More »