pam Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Performance artist gives birth in NYC art gallery | ksl.comNEW YORK (AP) - A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy _ inside a New York City art gallery.Marni Kotak gave birth at 10:17 a.m. on Tuesday, the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said in a brief statement, adding that everyone was recuperating on Wednesday. It said the baby was 21 inches long and weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces Quote
volgadon Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Performance artist gives birth in NYC art gallery | ksl.comNEW YORK (AP) - A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy _ inside a New York City art gallery.Marni Kotak gave birth at 10:17 a.m. on Tuesday, the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn said in a brief statement, adding that everyone was recuperating on Wednesday. It said the baby was 21 inches long and weighed 9 pounds, 2 ouncesDon't think she gave any encores. Quote
pam Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Posted October 26, 2011 Don't think she gave any encores. I guess it could have been considered an encore if she had multiple births. Quote
Backroads Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Did she name her son "Art" by any chance? Quote
slamjet Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Did she name her son "Art" by any chance?Bada-BOOM! She's here all week folks! Don't forget to tip the waitress. Quote
slamjet Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 I would lean more towards exhibitionism being rationalized as art. Quote
Saldrin Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Its really hard to draw the conclusion that its art... Quote
lizrenowden Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Sounds like the kind of thing that would win the Turner Prize Quote
Bini Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 I wouldn't classify it as art but I don't see it as "bad" either. Lots of women choose to birth with an audience, which may consist of coworkers, friends, extended relatives and immediate family (of all ages and both genders). This woman just chose a different venue with some extra spectators. Quote
HEthePrimate Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Giving birth is difficult and taxing, to be sure, but it is also a natural process as opposed to a work of artifice. Therefore it is by definition not art. IMHO. Quote
Jennarator Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 She made it all artsy and cute in the public bedroom, then most likely got all that cuteness and bloody and gross. Sorry, it's almost Halloween, my mind went there..... But I think not art, at all. Whats next, pooping in public and calling it art? I mean half the population can give birth........no big deal. Now, if she did it while dancing or doing theatre or something, THAT would would be preformance art. Quote
Backroads Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 I figure as long as there was nothing illegal about her choice of birthing, good for her. But art? That's silly. Quote
Jennarator Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Next she will be changing the baby and breastfeeding at the same museum, calling it art. Quote
Dravin Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) Next she will be changing the baby and breastfeeding at the same museum, calling it art.You know what, next time anyone questions a decision of mine I'm just going to explain it was all an art project.Officer: Sir, you were going 35 mph in a school zone.Me: Well, you see officer, it's art. It's moving sculpture about the inattention man pays to man.Officer: Uhhuh... give me your license and registration.Person entering bathroom: Oh my goodness! What died!Me: What you are smelling is art. I call it, "Taco Bell's Inhumanity to Man."Person: *gag*Professor: This paper is horrible.Me: It's an artistic piece about man's plight to conform but also be a free spirit. The use of English and Times New Roman is conformation to the demands of a rigid society, but the spelling, grammar and paper structure represent the inner drive for rebellion and desire to be free from the demands of others. I call it, "A Schwa in the Dark."Professor: I was going to give you a D, but now it's an F. Edited October 27, 2011 by Dravin Quote
Bini Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 ^ Very possibly. A while back, there was a guy that did "vomit" portraits and called it art. But isn't that just bad reflux? Laugh out loud. Quote
jerome1232 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 Next she will be changing the baby and breastfeeding at the same museum, calling it art.Look, you can pretend the poo is animal shapes. (why does it feel like I'm messing that sentence up horribly?) Quote
Jennarator Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 I think i might move my whole family into a museum, call it art and not have to pay for a home. Infact, they should pay me. Quote
bluedreams Posted October 27, 2011 Report Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I would. It has more significance to me than a lot of modern art that I've seen if only for the reason it that can actually be interpreted fairly easy. Though birt is a "natural process" it is here contrived creatively. The environment in created, the mode of birth is creative (especially in the U.S. where having a midwife and giving birth outside of a hospital is considered odd enough), and it's has symbolic route. Though I might not be a fan of a specific art form doesn't change the fact that it is art. As modern art goes, I actually like this more than a lot of other stuff that I've seen. I would not have done it...I'm not a fan of modern art in the first place. But I like the message and the symbolic process of humanity as its own art form. I also enjoy the indirect message of mothers not simply following the call of nature, but creators and artists of a new generation's life. That motherhood is taken out of simply a regular/natural process, but a dynamic one that takes thought and active work and creation from birth....something i think that is largely missing in our society now. So I like it for the message. With luv, BD Edited October 27, 2011 by bluedreams Quote
slamjet Posted October 28, 2011 Report Posted October 28, 2011 I picked some winners out of my nose before. Maybe next time I should shellacking the thing and post it in a gallery somewhere. Quote
annewandering Posted October 28, 2011 Report Posted October 28, 2011 shellacking will ruin the 'truth' of your art piece. Quote
slamjet Posted October 28, 2011 Report Posted October 28, 2011 Let alone ruin a perfectly good food item. Quote
Traveler Posted October 28, 2011 Report Posted October 28, 2011 I love what (I think the name was) Malcolm in the movie Jurassic Park said - "Just because we can does not mean that we should." The Traveler Quote
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