#politcal art

[avianurges]

Hey so in wake of what definitely was NOT a roman salute, i want to share the wip painting i mentioned a few months ago. i feel oddly motivated to finish it because i had other humilations to add. come to think of it. i've been inspired to make a few more things thatll give historians a haha funny chuckle,

[ryanoprice]

Fat Cop (Stuff your self to Death with Donuts!)

[thunder4361]

Here we go again

[sjonni33]

hurt (click for better quality)

ko-fi☕️ shop🎣 redbubble🪲

[thatneoncrisis]

god arcane really does take the piss if you give an iota of a shit about zaun and the people living there huh

[the-new-kiddo-on-the-block]

Hi, it's been a while

I uh, decided to do some art, I hope y'all like it

The art:

[nawtacop]

Megapost I've been working on for a while 'cuz I thought it'd be fun to upload the max # of files tumblr will let me

-feel free to redistribute these!

if you like my art I could really use help affording HRT rn, I'm about to start a new job that's paying me $5 a hour less than the position I applied for...

-I'm kinda struggling atm honestly so if you can please tip, share or stream my music thanks <3

new website is slowly coming together as well! I'm trying to host some of my best work there and provide download links eventually.

[kaithixn]

Independence Day.

I find it harder and harder to justify celebrating this holiday.. I truly do want to feel pride for my country. Just as I truly respect and love the people that live within it. But as I watch the paper starting to tear and the flags start to unfurl all I can think of is the golden calf as it continues to burrow into our roots and the rest of its herd pave the way of a new throne.

The exact throne that we had all fought to never have again. As the past continues to reflect. Humanity never seems to learn. The sky roars in its pain and crys for our sake. Despite this we will live on. For the mind is ever free to ponder and dream.

My heart still clutched with hope even if I am met with rope. The gods of the skys and stars don't mourn. That much I have sworn. Whatever comes to pass, I only seek peace for us all.

| 7 - 4 - 2024 |

[sprites4ever]

How I've been feeling these last few years, keeping up with current events

[vath-and-such-vinluv-s-stuff]

I was inspired my @milesjohn to make my own "Boomer" styled political cartoon!

[freakingweirdo]

my goal in life is to create a beautiful painting of jerry seinfeld and george costanza kissing passionately

[mirobraz]

"Brasil para os Brasileiros"

[tribalephemeral]

LATEST UPDATE 12-8: Civics / Constitutional Flyer + My 2024 Featured Image Collages for 'Coherent' Wordpress Theme

[re-readingcomics]

Comics Read 09/28 -10/17/2024

Over this time I read Luis Buñuel and the Labyrinth of Turtles written and drawn by Fermin Solís. I am a long time Buñuel fan, so I preordered this as soon as I saw it was a thing. I try and see his movies whenever I can. For example, earlier this year (2024) made sure to get to four screening go the MoMA’s Buñuel in Mexico series earlier this year. I saw Ensayo de un crimen/ The Criminal Life of Archibald de La Cruz, Él/This Strange Passion, The Young One, and double feature of Simon del Desierto and Un chien andelou/El perro andaluz. Other than Un chien andelou. I had never seen any of them before, and they were all great. Also this was the first time that I saw Un chien andelou without any soundtrack. It usually plays with a mash up of tango and Wagner. It’s funnier with that music, more violent with out it. I think these films should be more available in the English speaking world. (In general, more of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema should be available in the English speaking world.) 

I am unfamiliar with the comic writer/artist. But I like how he does character design, the limited color palette. There is a fun mixture of dream sequences and the more reality based situations. Which is appropriate because this takes place during the making of his third film, Land Without Bread/Las Hurdes, which was a documentary after making two surreal shorts. As the comic presents, the motivation for making it is acknowledging the difference between surrealism stated political goals, and the art they actually made. The purpose of this documentary is to bring attention to a greatly impoverished area in Spain maybe making the film about it could change things their for the better. 

The book doesn’t get into the reception of the film, but it should not surprise readers that it did not have that intended effect. Not just because as a documentary made by a surrealist, there are some ethically dubious decisions made. While Buñuel and his friend, Ramón Acín were Spanish, they were not from Las Hurdes and their methods seem near exploitative. Also they bring friends from France as colleagues who are just disgusted and gawking. Would you even want a film made like that to have a heroic reception? More importantly, unbeknownst to the people making the film, Spain is on the verge of a catastrophic civil war the will lead to decades of fascist military dictatorship. Early in the book Buñuel and Acín discuss some of the political unrest that will lead to the war, but not with much interest. They are much more concerned about finding a bar open in Paris during the early morning hours. In an afterwards about the four main characters it is revealed that and Acín and his wife were murdered by members of the extreme right during the war.

I bring up all this stuff about a war that doesn’t occur during this story because I find it interesting, and think it adds a pall to the debates about art. Land Without Bread/Las Hurdes isn’t one of Buñuel’s best films. While reading this I realized that I had seen it, but for some reason combined it with his previous film, L’âge d’or. For some reason, in my head Jesus showing up at a party thrown by contemporary rich people and peasants kicking a goat off a cliff were in the same film. The film didn’t help the people it was about. According to my quick look at Wikipedia, things got unsurprisingly worse under Generalissimo Franco. So why did I like this book and Buñuel generally? There is an unromantic sense of humor. Laughing at oneself while trying to still make work. The complete disinterest in respectability politics, as they can only obscure essential truths. Buñuel didn’t make another film for close to two decades. By that time he fled Spain and became a Mexican citizen. That follow up was Los Olvidados, also throwing a light on an aspect of society that people worry about how bad it makes their country look. (Unfortunately I haven’t seen it. The screening earlier this year didn’t fit in my schedule.) But that’s not what this is about or the appeal. It’s about how art might not have the desired political effect, but still  worth doing if only to explore one’s self and one’s world.

[addictedgallery]

The Power of Political Art

“I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.” ~ Donald J. Trump.