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Ban Marvel’s gay kiss? You might as well ban the Sistine Chapel
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro’s attempts to censor an Avengers comic isn’t just bigoted. It ignores the fact that Christian artists pioneered same-sex snogging
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro’s attempts to censor an Avengers comic isn’t just bigoted. It ignores the fact that Christian artists pioneered same-sex snogging
He may be an evangelical bishop, but you do have to wonder how much Christian art the mayor of Rio de Janeiro has seen. Marcelo Crivella ordered an Avengers comic book to be removed from a book festival, because it featured two men kissing – a move that triggered a dramatic response from Brazil’s biggest newspaper, Folha de S Paulo, which reproduced the image on its front page, to highlight this attempt at censorship.
The mayor was so incensed by Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, he insisted it be given a black plastic wrapper. In a video posted on Twitter, he said it was not right for children “to have early access to subjects that do not agree with their ages”. But to find fault with this kiss is not just bigoted. It shows an ignorance of the origins of same-sex kissing in
For it was Christian artists who pioneered the gay kiss. Long before Dmitri Vrubel portrayed Communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker snogging on the Berlin Wall, or Banksy stencilled his Kissing Coppers on a pub wall in Brighton, it was Catholic art that first explored the joys of men kissing men. Rather than trying to censor Marvel, maybe Crivella should turn his easily offended eyes to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. For here, at the very heart of the Catholic world, Michelangelo portrayed men kissing, nearly 500 years ago.
Billie Eillish Bud Guy
“White shirt now red, my bloody nose”
Unclear where Billie drew the inspiration for the song’s epic intro, but as Geniuspoints out, the video features her wearing a white shirt while having a nosebleed, so let’s assume she’s being literal here.
The song continues:
“Sleepin’, you’re on your tippy toes
Creepin’ around like no one knows
Think you’re so criminal
Bruises on both my knees for you
Don’t say thank you or please
I do what I want when I’m wanting to
My soul? So cynical”
Billie is playing with power dynamics
But it also seems like she’s playing a character in a song that’s somewhat satirical (mocking another´s weaknesses)
“It’s basically making fun of everyone and their personas of themselves. Even mine,” Billie explained while chatting in the interview below. “The initial idea for the song is, like, people who have to tell everybody that they are a certain way all the time? They’re not that certain way. […] In general, I feel like you will never catch a bad bitch telling everyone she’s a bad bitch. It’s on—it’s you. If you’re going around all the time saying, like, ‘Yeah, I’m bad, I’m always breaking rules and doing this and doing that.’ You’re not. I know that because I used to say that and I wasn’t. Bad kids, bad boys, bad bitches, whatever, they do that sh*t and they don’t even know.”
Which brings us to the chorus:
“So you’re a tough guy
Like it really rough guy
Just can’t get enough guy
Chest always so puffed guy
I’m that bad type
Make your mama sad type
Make your girlfriend mad tight
Might seduce your dad type
I’m the bad guy
Duh”
So…that “might seduce your dad type” line has gotten some side-eyes from more conservative fans (especially since Billie was underage when she wrote it)
In verse two, Billie goes even deeper into power dynamics between her character and the dude she’s singing about. At least that’s what I’m getting here. Agree?
“I like it when you take control
Even if you know that you don’t
Own me, I’ll let you play the role
I’ll be your animal”
She also makes it clear that her mom isn’t gonna love this song thanks to the provocative lyrics:
“My mommy likes to sing along with me
But she won’t sing this song
If she reads all the lyrics
She’ll pity the men I know”
“I like when you get mad
I guess I’m pretty glad that you’re alone
You said she’s scared of me?
I mean, I don’t see what she sees
But maybe it’s ’cause I’m wearing your cologne”
Billie again seems to question the way women are stereotypically painted in relationships—she’s wearing cologne, she’s dominant, and the other woman in this guy’s life is intimidated by her.
Juan de Flandes painting. Portrait of an Infanta and Portrait of a young girl (Petrus Christus)
The influence of Flemish art was a shared feature among the wide variety of artistic styles and regional schools within 15th-century Spanish art. This influence led to the creation of a new, characteristically Spanish style that prevailed in the second half of the 15th century known as Hispano-Flemish art. The Catholic Kings played an important role within the development of this trend, reflecting their own artistic preference for the realist art of Flanders. Artists such as Juan de Flandes and Michiel Sittow, both in the service of the Crown, fulfilled the royal requirements for portraiture at the end of the century
Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1465–70. 29 cm × 22.5 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Portrait of a Young Girl is a small oil-on-oak panel painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus Christus. It was completed towards the end of his life, between 1465 and 1470,[1][2] and is held in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. It marks a major stylistic advance in contemporary portraiture; the girl is set in an airy, three-dimensional, realistic setting,[3] and stares out at the viewer with a complicated expression that is reserved, yet intelligent and alert.[4]
It is widely regarded as one of the most exquisite portraits of the Northern Renaissance. Art historian Joel Upton described the sitter as resembling “a polished pearl, almost opalescent, lying on a cushion of black velvet.”[5] The panel builds on the work of Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and was highly influential in the decades after its completion. Its appeal lies in part in her intriguing stare, accentuated by the slight misalignment of her eyes, while the eyebrows are faintly skewed.[6]
Song Woman in a Word by Lorey Rodriguez
Lyrics Woman in a Word
American singer-songwriter, Lorely Rodriguez. Ethnically, her parents are Spanish-Honduran descents. She gained attention in 2012 for anonymously releasing a series of 1 minute-long demos (via YouTube) prefaced only by a solid color entitled “Colorminutes”.[1] Her first 7″ single, “Champagne” was released soon after on November 5, 2012 through a limited run via No Recordings
TED TALKS (examples of African artists…literature, painting, photographies)
In this section you have different examples of interesting talks from which you can chose in order to prepare you speaking activity (5 minutes talk in your class). You can choose any talk from the TED TALKS or any other one you find interesting.The talks should last about 15-20 minutes.
TED-TALKS
Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story
Titus KapharCan art amend history?
works
title=”Omar Victor Diop”>Omar Victor Diop On the tradition of portraits in Senegal
Photographs Omac Victor Diop
omar victor diop presents remixed portraits of africa’s past at design indaba
Guardian Africa network
Fantasy Hollywood: restaging classic films with black modelshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/30/fantasy-hollywood-black-models
RE-MIXING HOLLIWOODhttp://www.omarviktor.com/re-mixing
Touria El Glaoui :Inside African Art
From the exhibition (2015) MAKING AFRICA
An exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum,and BBC aims to show how a new generation of Africans are giving the world a fresh perspective on their continent. Making Africa brings together the work of 120 artists and designers.
Interview: Art, religion, homosexuality, design… in Africa
Koyo Kouoh (curator of the exhibition Making Africa)
lawrence lemaoana (South African)
Hassan Hajjaj works
Hassan Hajjaj (Morocco) interview & works
Photographers (MALI) MALICK SIDIBÉ
Pictures and SEYDOU KEÏTA
“Junot Díaz -writer from Dominican Republic
Cold War Kids “Hang Me up to Dry” + DUFFY “Mercy”
Cold War Kids “Hang Me Up to Dry”
lyrics
(Spanish subt)
sinnerman (spiritual) by Nina simmone and Extra Fancy (two very different versions)
Sinnerman Lyrics (Alexis Arquette)
Extra Fancy – Sinnerman – Original Video (with Alexis Arquette)