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Art Censorship Research Paper

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Art allows us to see the world around us as new; it pushes our imaginations and limitations of what is acceptable art aesthetics, beliefs and in perspective of art. Therefore, art might sometimes be something that we disagree with it. art can be disturbing at times and even invade our comfort zone but that is what art is all about, and putting a censorship in art takes away the concept of what art is. Censorship is the idea of putting restriction on the artist and what they produce. Censorship is used to limit what the art can express. Censorship in a since is a control of opinioned speech or artwork, which can be considered offensive, harmful and sensitive to the public viewing. Censorship is a very controversial topic in the art world because …show more content…

The form of censorship on artist and their artwork can create and allow the ability to produce a negative environment, to produce their art freely. Censorship can also limit the artist’s creativity, when they are asked to follow certain guidelines. The idea of censorship not only take away the freedom of the artists work but it also controls what society see in art, which removes the ability for the audience to make decision of what art is acceptable or not. The conversation whether art should be censored is because of the fear offending people religion, values, political systems and ideologies however, when artist are creating they don't create to please there audience but create the art to present a message and if they are censored they are not only censoring what the audience see but also the message the artist was trying to convey. It is evident that artist see the world in a different perspective then a regular person. Where a normal person sees the world and human life for what it is, whereas, Artist depicts the world and human life for what it might be. Therefore, art creates possibility and potential to see the world in a new way and limiting the possibility to view the world in a new way is a disadvantage not only the artist that creates the work of art but also the audience that view the art. Art should not be censured for upsetting a group of people because that's the …show more content…

The art was criticized by many people and blamed for disrespecting people’s religion. Art like Piss Christ by Serrano show how powerful an artwork can be to make not only one person to react but also everyone that looks at the piece. However while looking at Serrano’s phonograph many can come to question the artiste believes but also his bravery to produce a work of art that many might disagree with. Even though many believe that artwork just like Serrano’s photograph should be censored because thee artist have no boundaries and censorship to create art that is unorthodox and disturbing to socity, in the other hand Serrano’s art reflects he’s view in religion which is seen through his art work. Just like poems, stories and songs artist should be able to produces art that allows expressing their view of

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