SFI did not have the privilege of living in an era in which art was created to elevate the human spirit or to add beauty to the world. Alas, we’re stuck in an age in which many self-described “artists” seek not to lift souls but rather to “challenge viewers’ perceptions” (What does that mean?) or sledgehammer through some heavy-handed political theme. However lame those agendas can be, there are the rare “artists” who produce work that is, simply, vile.
A Danish gallery–apparently to coincide with International Holocaust Memorial Day–exhibited a piece by someone named Marco Evaristti (whose previous “art” includes inviting gallery visitors to turn on blenders filled with goldfish): A large model of the entrance to Auschwitz, which he says includes enamel and gold fillings taken from teeth of Nazi victims.
Evaristti–who was born Jewish and converted to Buddhism–has said that the work was meant “to relate to all the atrocities of the world which many tend to forget” and that he wanted to unite some of the most beautiful things in the world with some of the meanest.
We know that that sounds really profound and all. But, really, it’s just stupid. And utterly tasteless.
Some people have no respect.
What do you think?
7:46 am
That is wrong! It is the most disgusting piece of “art” that I have ever heard of. It needs to be destroyed! God Bless the Jewish people and pray for Israel, The apple of His eye! I love you all.
3:08 am
This is horrible!