After reading the quote and really taking time to think what it could mean in the sense of art I found Paul McCarthy's “Santa Clause with a butt plug". This is a very unique work of art if you ask me not only because it measured to 24 meters high but also for its odd identity. One thing I can not disagree with is the right artists have to portray what they want. We do live in America and have the freedom of speech as well as making any work of art we choose too.
Paul McCarthy is a contemporary artist who was born in Utah and now lives and makes his contemporary works in Los Angeles. McCarthy first true love of art was for painting. Later in life he decided he wanted to create works of everyday activities and the mess that comes with them. Paul is usually considered to be impacted by the Viennese Actionism, he disagrees with this saying he sees a huge difference between his actions and that of the Viennese. Early in his career McCarthy did not want to follow in the steps of artists prior to him so he decided to be different by using his body as a paintbrush. Paul even decided to use bodily fluids or food as parts of his works. In one work he painted his body with ketchup, mustard and even feces and then used his body parts to paint his piece.
McCarthy has created several works around the Christmas theme but one I found bizarre was his Santa Claus he created for the city of Rotterdam. Due to the controversies there were a lot of sexual connotations with his work of art with the addition of the butt plug. This contemporary art is odd to me why would anyone want to go look at a huge Santa with a butt plug it’s a very immature work of art. I tend to not enjoy looking at this work, but this shows you artists are human to and can be different.
-Conner-
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