Greatest British Painter of the 20th Century: Francis Bacon at the MET

Although, this post is several months late (especially since I was first at the exhibit its opening week), it is never too late to discuss and view the wonderful British painter Francis Bacon. The show at the MET this past spring and summer elucidated the powerful impact of Bacon's paintings on the viewer. This was the first chance I have ever had to view so many of Bacon's work in one visit. Here are a couple of photos I snapped at the exhibit:

I will include a through review of the exhibit shortly, its midterm season at the moment, cut me a break!

The Cultural Arbitrators of YOUTUBE

Last month an ART video i made, entitled "AN EROTIC TALE" was taken offline and i received a warning from the highly esteemed youtube arbitrators, but there is NO NUDITY in the video, and all of the content was FOUND ON YOUTUBE. The more titillating scenes are derived from fan videos of famous popular movies such as the Blue Lagoon, Wild Things and Jungle Fever. I am not exactly sure what they consider inappropriate considering all i have done is recontextualized and edited their material to flow to Madonna's "Erotica". This erotic tale has expanded to address the arcane distinction between erotica and pornography in this country as well as the legacy of Puritan moralism on supposedly democratic inventions. This video was originally created for a one night gallery show in New York City, where the video was projected on a wall of the venue. Furthermore, this was made with the intention to be work of art, NOT something for old men surfing youtube to masturbate to.

I have posted the "controversial" video here with the hope that it will not be censored for attempting to address how BIZARRE the erotic truly is.

Besides hating on youtube, this new semester has been extremely busy and tiresome, it feels as though i don't even have a second breath, but i sort of like it that way. I am currently taking a course on Arts Criticism so hopefully sometime soon i will post some of my commentary on legendary arts critics such as James Agee, Pauline Kael and Noel Carroll, as well as some of my own reviews of recent exhibitions. Until then, keep it real.