F-U-C-K and all those other dirty words
Posted by: Administrator Post date: April 20th, 2009I was talking to my friend today about words and how people just get soooo flippin offended by them. We were talking about C*** which is probably assumed to be the most disgusting swearword in our culture. but i found out, (that is after listening to a 45 min tutorial on the word cunt) that it actually comes from a scientific term for the word vagina. how interesting!!! well i thought so…. I used the word cunt in an art piece of mine that i did yesterday- i was feeling frustrated with men and life and everything so i just kinda wrote it out onto this board with paint, and today i was asked if i care if people get offended by my work. my answer to the question was NO I DONT CARE and i duno how other ppl felt bout it but i thought to myself y should i care wat others think? if i was trying to make a picture that was very pleasantly pleasing to the viewer, i’d be painting flowers and lounge room art all day long…. that spells to me B O R I N G!!!!!! but in the art world it seems that offensive art is now accepted, maybe even seen as a cliche. so how the hell does that work? I would love to have met Tracey Emin at the time when she displayed her bed as an art piece for the world to see- that event was a turning point i think as to what ppl thought was exceptable in art and whats not. after all, anyone can put their bed with dirty undies in a gallery, but no one did do it until tracey….. god she’s like my frikn art hero. So i decided today that im not going to let other ppls opinions restrict me from my work. if i want to put something out there 4 ppl to view and engage with, then i will. and yes it probably will have the occasional dirty word in it… thats enough of me rambling tonight, its like nearly 1am n i think im talkin shit.
Tracey Emin “My Bed” 1998
