Friday, April 25, 2008

26.04.08

Isn't it ironic that art jargon like 'avant garde' is originally a military term?....Don't you think? (Sorry, I had to.) ...A little too ironic....(ok,ok I'll stop now)

5 comments:

J.L. said...

Artists are behind all the major human made catastrophes in the world including all the world wars so it's not surprising at all...

ask denis. he'll tell you.

Weifer Reefer said...

denis is such a conspiracy theorist. the only artists that perhaps directly contributed to war were the italian futurists. and they got blown up.

Shryh said...

Adolf Hitler was a failed artist.

Me said...

... and Stalin was a vegetarian teacher. Either way, were on the fast track to an Eddie Izzard quote.

u-en said...

besides avant-garde, i can't think of other military terms art has appropriated.