This is deviating a little bit from where I was at the other day, and I will be making myself revisit where I was, but I just couldn’t keep myself away from this either. I was wondering about modern art, and the art around us in the world today, and I thought that a lot of the art I see and like is humorous. I love to read comic strips, and who hasn’t seen one of those darn lolcats? I got to thinking about it, and I realized it related to my project very well because funny art definitely causes a physical reaction in art. It probably causes the most common physical reaction in art, or at least the most commonly recognized. It causes laughter! Stifled laughter, full-out laughter, chuckles, wide grins, blushing, choking, wide eyes, and probably other things are all reactions I have seen to funny artwork.
While I was looking through some “funny art” I stumbled across this image, which I cannot help but post.
This image made me laugh, of course, because I deleted my own Facebook for fear that I was too addicted. I have said that I went “cold turkey”. I also realized though that sometimes “funny art” is more like “propaganda”, and often it is negative. Why do we laugh at negative things so much? Is it really that funny when somebody is dissing someone or something else? How much art out there is art created for the sole purpose of ridiculing someone else publicly? Or an entire group publicly? I am sure we could find plenty of it, but it got me to thinking that maybe more of our personal biases come from the art we view growing up than we think. Many people like to ask the question “Do our personal biases effect how we view art?”
I believe that is a valid question. Another question I’d like to bring to the table is “Does the art we view effect our personal biases?” I’d certainly like to think so! But I guess I still have more learning to do, and more research.
Do you have any opinions or comments? I’d love the insight you have to give!
