Posted on 07/28/2005 9:48:51 AM PDT by lainie
Gov. Bill Owens is weighing in on the debate over an artist given a $5,000 state fellowship grant, after hearing about the works of art that depict sex toys on hooks.
"Obviously, this is offensive and in extremely poor taste," said Owens, who couldn't view the piece himself but had it described to him by staffers. The governor is in New York for an awards ceremony for the University of Northern Colorado Business School.
The artist, Tsehai Johnson of Denver, received the fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts in 2003.
The work, originally titled "Twelve Dildos on Hooks" and completed in 2000, was one of several pieces submitted to the CCOA by Johnson when she was applying for the fellowship grant.
Johnson changed the title of the piece to "Large Implements on Hooks" before officially submitting the work to the council.
She told 9News in an interview that she changed the title for artistic reasons.
"I wanted the title to be a little more open-ended so that it didn't become so easily dismissed," she said.
Johnson described the piece to 9News: "They're meant to be sex toys, but sex toys that are talking about a lot of issues."
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The third one from the left on the bottom picture was submitted by Bill Clinton.
What issues? Gay/Lesbian perhaps. A good reason to stop this kind of ridiculous funding. This is not art just plain trash.
More taxpayer dollars pi$$ed down the drain.
The toys can talk?!
"...completed in 2000"
How long could it have taken to complete this "art"? My guess is 20 minutes. All of this junk that the spiritually-deficient call "art" should be hauled off with the rest of the trash we create in this empty society.
"This is not art just plain trash."
You just quoted Jesse Helms from the Senate floor ( a few years back) discussing Jesus in a vat of urine funded at taxpayer expenxe.
Damn! I'm an artiste and didn't even know it. And my piece--Five Fly Rods in Display Rack--looks a lot better.
Well, at least the Coloradans are getting f***ed for there money here. Hope it is as good for them as it was for her, now roll over and go back to sleep.
12 dildos on hooks. I can't describe idiocy but I know it when I see it.
The bent one?
The toys can talk?!
They want to talk about the relationship when you just want to roll over and go to sleep.
This is "anti-patriacrchy" hate crap. Hang some vaginas on hooks and see how far you get with this crowd.
errrr.... Never mind. I'm sure they'd find that "inspiring" for some damn reason.
OK - So give me 5 grand, and I'm there.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel took over 4 years to paint. This looks like it could be knocked off in a short afternoon at the adult book store and hardware store, and still leave lots of time for happy hour at the local pub.
More benefits of freedom from religion. (Government can't fund the 10 commandments, but x rated art? sure! anything without morals.)
Johnson described the piece to 9News: "They're meant to be sex toys, but sex toys that are talking about a lot of issues."
*snort*
They look more like motel keys hanging on coat hooks.
And as for speaking on many issues.. they don't show any inspiratiopn, talent, skill, or thought.
Anyone with a drill, chrome eye hook, and superglue could do that, and probably has in a few places of ill reputation.
(The scene from 'Tomcats' where the wall opens to reveal the fetish gear display comes to mind.)
Of course, I know of several pseudo-intellectual types in my area who will fawn and grovel at this stuff, praising it as 'thouhgt provoking' all the while.
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