Art or Pornography?

It's the "self" in "Self Portrait Of A Martyr"
that makes this porn.
- Scott

Armed and Dangerous, he is, yes,
I sense much FEAR and SUFFERING...
- Astar Yoda

the christian right/ republiklans will get what they
deserve...live by the sword, die by whatever means necessary?
- dead presidents don't lie?

BEST OF AOP!!!!
- keepin it real

Martyr? Of what? For what? Why is he being martyred?
- martyr is such a weird word...

Go ahead and pull the pin you fuckin' zipperhead
we dont need your kind around anyway.
- Sgt D.R. Markett 82nd Airborne

are ya glad to see me? or is that a bomb on your body?
- way mess

Not porn, but certainly disturbing!
- Pix
Yay! Pix ix back!

Great technique ! Great use of color !! The subject is just
that...the subject...open for discussion and interpretation...
The art is the work itself !!!
- Miami Mike

I suppose we should be glad that people still find violent
themes disturbing... or were they bothered by the martyr?
- Nothing to Lose?

Is he trying to be erotic with those
phallic explosives on his chest?
- Not The Only Thing That Goes Boom

ok students, listen up and watch closely,
i'm only going to show you this once
- wait loss


11/27/2002:
	"A prize-winning painting by a local artist has so disturbed some students at the Art Students League of Denver that they want it moved to a less-prominent spot in the school. "School officials refuse to do that. "The 4-foot-by-6-foot oil painting by Cong Lu, 24, depicts a young Asian man pulling up his shirt to reveal explosives strapped around his midsection. A pistol is tucked into his waistband. The piece is entitled, Self Portrait of a Martyr. "The painting, one of 78 works on exhibit at the school through December, hangs in the building's main lobby at 200 Grant St. The piece was awarded Student Best of Show, and the artist received a $1,300 Allied Arts Award, given yearly to an outstanding young artist."