Richard’s Bay: Parents left horrified by students’ “demonic” artworks / AKA The demonic art thread

[Moosedrool]

The visual art is pretty good but the best art this kid made is the reaction. XD

 

[lived666]

Is insulting Muhammed still a thing.
Muslims seemed to have mellowed out a bit.

mellowed, hahahaha come on
Only but a few days ago

Four die in march over 'defamation of Prophet Mohammad' in Bangladesh

They demonstrated at a prayer ground in Borhanuddin on Bhola island to demand the execution of a young Hindu man charged with inciting religious tension through online messages.

www.dailymail.co.uk

At least four people were killed and up to 50 injured today when police opened fire on 20,000 protesting against Facebook messages they claim defame the Prophet Mohammad.

They demonstrated at a prayer ground in Borhanuddin on Bhola island to demand the execution of a young Hindu man charged with inciting religious tension through online messages.

 

[Noseworthy]

The visual art is pretty good but the best art this kid made is the reaction. XD

Agreed, some of the work is really good and I personally would not mind having some of this work hanging on my walls, the kid has expressed himself and should not be punished for that, he is talented and should not have that taken away

 

[Rocket-Boy]

I'd be far more concerned about what is going in the student's lives that they are painting such stuff, than the art itself. Lets TRY to focus on what is important! And hard questions need to be asked about what exactly that art teacher has been doing in the art classes. There is a consistency in those works that suggest the teacher was guiding the art in a particular direction.

Art teachers normally hamper the creativity of art students and try to get them to do works in their style.
I have a few artist friends who have done similar works at a similar age, its what artists do.

I love the outrage of the old oomies and tannies about this demonic stuff blah blah blah.
Im guessing the student was forced to go to the school and is now publicly showing that.

 

[SmartKit]

I wouldn't be surprised if he has been listening to heavy metal and reading the kinds of books that detail these grim features - like that old, thick one.

Leather binding, mostly Latin?

... or Harry Potter?

 

[LCBXX]

Fascinating how religious folk believe that they have a mandate to be offended on behalf of their almighty deities.

Deus Vult!

 

[ArtyLoop]

Fascinating how religious folk believe that they have a mandate to be offended on behalf of their almighty deities.

Its in there along with the belief that they have to defend their deities from artistic expressions like these... Kind of like their god telling them to "please save me from yourselves"

 

[lived666]

what would be a fair offer for that last supper picture.....R5000?

 

[LCBXX]

And the ACDP, together with God's Facebook soldiers, be like:

 

[LCBXX]

what would be a fair offer for that last supper picture.....R5000?

R5000 for all the pieces.

 

[FaSMaN]

what would be a fair offer for that last supper picture.....R5000?

In general about R5000 is what I would consider fair from a unknown artists on traditional medium (non-digital art), ofcourse this controversy has changed that, so I am willing to guess its worth more at the moment.

Maybe reach out to the artist and see what he wants for it or if his willing to take commotions ...
Or if your just looking for awesome art, check out Deviant art and commition some one will cost about $50-500+ depends on what you want and who the artist is.

 

[lived666]

The school looks to be quite Christian themed.....

Anyhow I'm getting a blank page when clicking on here:

Click here to view a list of Contacts at the Schools

 

[Compton_effect]

Well after seeing the "art" most of it is a rip off of Ron English Propaganda artwork, so big woop for copying someone

Google Ronald McDonald Last supper. There's so many versions its not even original. Its cliche.
And our snowflake parents will trigger to anything that even mentions the devil. Heck - my kid's school choir had to shelve doing Bohemian Rhapsody after one parent complained.

 

[wbot]

Is insulting Muhammed still a thing.
Muslims seemed to have mellowed out a bit.

I don't know, let's paint some nice pictures and find out

 

[dj2381]

20 years ago when I was in school this wouldn't fly. The kid would've been expelled (shortly after being visited by the SAP Occult Unit - remember them?), never mind the artwork actually being displayed. I speak from personal experience.

Let's be honest: the only motive here was to be as offensive as possible. The only difference between now and back then is that today it's allowed, and often encouraged. And of course, we have social media now, and everyone has a voice.

I'm sure **** like this happened every now then, but it was just swept under the rug to save face, because we never heard of it. Of course, everything gets out in 2019, and again because of social media, it's suddenly everyone else's business, too.

I have to give the guy in the video kudos tbh. He's not anonymously posting on some forum somewhere trying to be a keyboard warrior - he's actually showing face, and standing up for what he believes in - whether we believe it, too, or think it's a load of hogshit, it's having a far more powerful impact than anything we're doing here.

Is what the kid did wrong? Absolutely not. It appears to be some sort of cry for help, and the school should do the right thing.

I thought you were joking about the SAP occult unit, I had no idea this was a thing back in the day.

 

[daveza]

I thought you were joking about the SAP occult unit, I had no idea this was a thing back in the day.

The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of South Africa's Anti-Occult Police Unit

The satanic panic of the 80s and early 90s gave birth to a squad dedicated to hunting satanic crimes, and today the status of the unit remains shrouded in mystery.

www.vice.com

 

[rietrot]

Fascinating how religious folk believe that they have a mandate to be offended on behalf of their almighty deities.

Deus Vult!

Jip. It is definitely problematic. I don't know were they get that idea from.

 

[buka001]

20 years ago when I was in school this wouldn't fly. The kid would've been expelled (shortly after being visited by the SAP Occult Unit - remember them?), never mind the artwork actually being displayed. I speak from personal experience.

Let's be honest: the only motive here was to be as offensive as possible. The only difference between now and back then is that today it's allowed, and often encouraged. And of course, we have social media now, and everyone has a voice.

I'm sure **** like this happened every now then, but it was just swept under the rug to save face, because we never heard of it. Of course, everything gets out in 2019, and again because of social media, it's suddenly everyone else's business, too.

I have to give the guy in the video kudos tbh. He's not anonymously posting on some forum somewhere trying to be a keyboard warrior - he's actually showing face, and standing up for what he believes in - whether we believe it, too, or think it's a load of hogshit, it's having a far more powerful impact than anything we're doing here.

Is what the kid did wrong? Absolutely not. It appears to be some sort of cry for help, and the school should do the right thing.

A cry for help?

Really?

 

[Temujin]

what would be a fair offer for that last supper picture.....R5000?

Making international news, you'll have to add a few 0's on there now

 

[SAguy]

Google Ronald McDonald Last supper. There's so many versions its not even original. Its cliche.
And our snowflake parents will trigger to anything that even mentions the devil. Heck - my kid's school choir had to shelve doing Bohemian Rhapsody after one parent complained.

As a Christian (albeit a bit more open-minded/liberal/etc) it's ridiculous when I see how low other Christian's tolerances are for other people's beliefs or non-beliefs. Seriously, complaining about one of the greatest songs ever written **facepalm**. Faith is a personal thing so: 1) Don't let other people's statements bother you so damn much, 2) Don't shove it down the throats of those who don't care for it.

Edit: had a blurb that I decided not to post