But isn’t that the point? The children themselves are part of the work of art—their carefee lives are made possible by the blood spilled. Or, at least that they are carefree and oblivious to the blood spilled.

It’s not that it isn’t offensive, but I think what people are failing to see is that the fact that it’s offensive is the whole point. We SHOULD be offended by this past that the artist is highlighting. Maybe he’s misguided, but I agree, his point was to educate. I definitely don’t get the impression he was making…

Well, you don’t seem to give a shit about art at all—which is the problem. People like you are spouting off at the mouth without understanding anything about art history or theory—and not realizing that overreaching like this has serious ramifications. But whatever. Keep calling people losers and saying you don’t…

That’s a slippery concept. Are you going to be the one to inform everyone when their opinion is and is not appropriate to be voiced? Who decides on a case-by-case basis?

The story is not about American Indians—it’s about America. There’s an important distinction there. And the interesting thing about stories is that they can be told from many different perspectives. There are two main parties in this story—those who were hanged and those who performed the hanging. The story being told…

One of the really cool things about art is that you, as an individual, don’t get to categorically deem another person’s work to be art or not.

I’m somewhat confused, though. I have family in the rural area this happened and went to an event with MPR, tribal members, and a documentary film maker several years ago. The Dakota who were there stated that the greatest tragedy is that more don’t know about this atrocity, especially Minnesotans. This seems like an…

The idea that artists can only ever make art about people and events from their own ethnic heritage is... exactly what white supremacists used to say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lkisch_movement

There’s more than one “subject” in the art as described.

So what? Once art is created, it no longer belongs to the artist, so the artist’s feelings don’t matter. There are scores of great works that the artist reversed positions on—The Birth of Venus, for instance—one of the greatest and most famous pieces of western art. Botticelli (because of a Savonarola, a…

This art seems like it’s doing exactly what art is supposed to do—moving people.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with disagreeing with a piece of art, and I definitely see their point. But removing art because some people disagree with it is... worrisome to me.

I don’t know how its not the whites’ “story”. They were the perpetrators. It seems a pretty powerful piece of art in support of the indigenous. I am failing to see why this engendered a protest...

Sharp knife between the ribs at the end there, +1

You must literally have a PSTD disorder from hearing PIN Number.

It’ll help them get an entry-level job once they have 3-5 years of this experience under their belt.

“It’s funny how perfectly acceptable things become problems when Black people do them. Also funny, is how quickly people go from zero to hostile when it comes to Black people.”

It’s funny how perfectly acceptable things become problems when Black people do them. Also funny, is how quickly people go from zero to hostile when it comes to Black people.

Given that you can fly with a live fucking lobster, it’s amazing they got so much shit about a cake.

‘Miss, have you been drinking?’