Free Speech Advocate

[joelg]

I have not posted my art very much as you would likely be very polite and flattering, and I want to make an impact...I have.



https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/east-tenn-state-university-art-exhibit-depicts-trump-alongside-swastikas-ku-klux-klan-hoods/

https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/east-tenn-state-university-art-exhibit-depicts-trump-alongside-swastikas-ku-klux-klan-hoods/

https://hyperallergic.com/970430/museum-limits-entry-to-exhibition-criticized-by-republicans/

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/12/09/campus-museum-required-waivers-view-anti-fascist

[reACTIONary]

1. Thanks! And it looks like you were able....

.... to gain some "earned media coverage" for the cause!

But the painter of the Johnson piece – artist Joel Gibbs – was baffled by the criticism, and pointed out that both sides of the aisle had “every opportunity” to submit their own work.

“If they want to do a pro-gun piece of artwork, they want to do an anti-abortion piece of artwork. By all means, they might make something very effective. Might change somebody’s mind,” Gibbs told WJHL.

“It might really strike somebody rather than just complain, get out there and make the art, get your point across. That’s what America is about, an exchange of ideas,” he added.

[reACTIONary]

2. I think you should consider....

... sharing your work here on DU and elsewhere. I don't think the lack of sincere criticism or the prevalence of polite flattery should be a factor. If you post it, it can be shared and have a multiplicative impact.

[reACTIONary]

3. Here is a question...

In "Evolution" the symbols move right to left from swastika to cross. Right to left is our cultural progression for the passage of time. You could have gone from cross to swastika. Or maybe done something else that sort of mixed them up without the idea of a progression.

Did you give any of this some thought?