Chairman M. S. Punchenko wrote:Here is a link from a Kos diarist (which was on the front page) about progressive art:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/19/16347/8254

The [i]Art of Democracy About Us[/i] Page wrote:There is no prescribed message for the artwork.

Chairman M. S. Punchenko wrote:5: Obama kissing the feet of George Bush

6: Rainbow flag with a man in a tux and a woman in a wedding dress displayed on it.

7: Jimmy Carter in an orange jumpsuit.

8:

General Secretary wrote:Dear Humble Peasants.

Has anybody noticed the great offensive art the left has been turing out

Commissarka Pinkie wrote:Newspaper headline that says F**K OBAMA

Premier Betty wrote:Who's doing abortions on herself?

Aliza Shvarts wrote:As an intervention into our normative understanding of “the real” and its accompanying politics of convention, this performance piece has numerous conceptual goals. The first is to assert that often, normative understandings of biological function are a mythology imposed on form. It is this mythology that creates the sexist, racist, ableist, nationalist and homophobic perspective, distinguishing what body parts are “meant” to do from their physical capability. The myth that a certain set of functions are “natural” (while all the other potential functions are “unnatural”) undermines that sense of capability, confining lifestyle choices to the bounds of normatively defined narratives.

Just as it is a myth that women are “meant” to be feminine and men masculine, that penises and vaginas are “meant” for penetrative heterosexual sex (or that mouths, anuses, breasts, feet or leather, silicone, vinyl, rubber, or metal implements are not “meant” for sex at all), it is a myth that ovaries and a uterus are “meant” to birth a child.

When considering my own bodily form, I recognize its potential as extending beyond its ability to participate in a normative function. While my organs are capable of engaging with the narrative of reproduction — the time-based linkage of discrete events from conception to birth — the realm of capability extends beyond the bounds of that specific narrative chain. These organs can do other things, can have other purposes, and it is the prerogative of every individual to acknowledge and explore this wide realm of capability.

Onch, a jewelry designer from Los Angeles wrote:After reading the story about artist Aliza Shvarts, i was so inspired, i made a piece named after her. Aliza is a Yale art student that has created quite a controversy in the art world! i LOVE IT! (Does NOT come with chain)

p.s I was inspired by her and her courage to express herself. I was inspired by her dedication to her form of art. I AM NOT supporting abortion, nor do i support her self body mutilation. however i DO support having a voice and being HEARD! i made this piece in response to Aliza Shvarts's art piece/installation, to let her know, her voice has been heard!

xoxo Onch

Every piece is 100% handmade and uniquely different.

Red Square wrote:Indeed, such bold journey into making art of the human body is nothing new. Just like in the Yale art student's case, these decorations made of tattooed human skin and a human-skin lampshade at the Buchenwald art studio and concentration camp were also created to provoke discussion about the link between art and the human body.


Before Aliza Shvarts, a bold post-modernist research to deconstruct the normative understanding of the relationship between art and the human body was conducted at the Buchenwald concentration camp, but remained unfinished due to brutal attacks from the conservative allied forces. Apparently, the world wasn't ready to accept this artistic truth yet. But now, 65 years later, when progress is defeating conservatism by non-conventional means on all fronts, such a concept is welcome in the intellectual circles.

In the words of the artist -

Aliza Shvarts wrote:As an intervention into our normative understanding of “the real” and its accompanying politics of convention, this performance piece has numerous conceptual goals. The first is to assert that often, normative understandings of biological function are a mythology imposed on form. It is this mythology that creates the sexist, racist, ableist, nationalist and homophobic perspective, distinguishing what body parts are “meant” to do from their physical capability. The myth that a certain set of functions are “natural” (while all the other potential functions are “unnatural”) undermines that sense of capability, confining lifestyle choices to the bounds of normatively defined narratives.

Just as it is a myth that women are “meant” to be feminine and men masculine, that penises and vaginas are “meant” for penetrative heterosexual sex (or that mouths, anuses, breasts, feet or leather, silicone, vinyl, rubber, or metal implements are not “meant” for sex at all), it is a myth that ovaries and a uterus are “meant” to birth a child.

When considering my own bodily form, I recognize its potential as extending beyond its ability to participate in a normative function. While my organs are capable of engaging with the narrative of reproduction — the time-based linkage of discrete events from conception to birth — the realm of capability extends beyond the bounds of that specific narrative chain. These organs can do other things, can have other purposes, and it is the prerogative of every individual to acknowledge and explore this wide realm of capability.

<br>The progressive art world has already responded with Aliza Shvarts pendant: "it is all a-swirl with red - reminiscent of roses, cherries jubilee, and miscarried baby brain juice - and retails for $45.00. Chains are not included, but we think this would look absolutely lovely paired with faux-Native American leather fringe boots and leopard-print culottes."

Onch, a jewelry designer from Los Angeles wrote:After reading the story about artist Aliza Shvarts, i was so inspired, i made a piece named after her. Aliza is a Yale art student that has created quite a controversy in the art world! i LOVE IT! (Does NOT come with chain)

p.s I was inspired by her and her courage to express herself. I was inspired by her dedication to her form of art. I AM NOT supporting abortion, nor do i support her self body mutilation. however i DO support having a voice and being HEARD! i made this piece in response to Aliza Shvarts's art piece/installation, to let her know, her voice has been heard!

xoxo Onch

Every piece is 100% handmade and uniquely different.

Next logical step - lampshades made of uterus lining and fetuses.