[Rumori] Illegal Art appropriated

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okaY so, now m.o.m.a. is making bucks off of this , are any of the local
artists..??.

Naked Rabbit wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 02:59 AM, Steev Hise wrote:
>
> > Perhaps this stuff, at least the visual art side of it, isn't as
> > dangerous as we like to think? Maybe once you hang "fine art"
> > stuff in a major gallery (these days at least, not forgetting
> > Warhol vs Campbell's, et al) it is de facto "safe", unlike
> > more mass-produced, commodity culture like CDs and books and
> > movies.
> >
> I used to worry about eventual calls from the Mouse about "Gimme the
> Mermaid" until this show.  Now I know the piece has been "canonized" by
> the legitimate art establishment.  It is invulnerable now!
>
> I know that you lose the bad-boy art-terrorist-chic when you go "legit"
> like this, but for me, I never did this kind of work to be a rebel.
> The whole point to me is that recontextualizing and representing
> cultural products is a valid artistic expression, and should NOT be
> marginalized and criminalized.  I see the adoption of the show by
> SFMOMA as a step in the right direction.  I don't think "safe" is
> either bad, nor the issue at stake.