২১ জানুয়ারী, ২০১৪

"Although the chair also comes in 'white woman,' we can't help but be filled with anger and frustration over the onslaught of negative imagery...."

For the annals of mitigating factors.

৫২টি মন্তব্য:

Joe বলেছেন...

Cue the faux outrage.

JackWayne বলেছেন...

I'm sorry to read that it struck a deeper cord. The only thing to do is get it out of my site.

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

What Joe said.

But is it art?

garage mahal বলেছেন...

And Obama tells me not to be cynical.

Unknown বলেছেন...

All genocides are executed with the fig leaf of legality.
It is genocide because it results in White people intentionally being made a minority in historically White nations.

If one opposes the anti-White policy of mass immigration and force-assimilation, you could be fired, threatened, beaten up, or imprisoned! That's genocide as defined by section (c) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

Can I get one in redhead? I like pink.

gadfly বলেছেন...

So which came first, the white lady or the black lady? Nevermind . . . do not answer the double-entendre.

gadfly বলেছেন...

@garage mahal said...
And Obama tells me not to be cynical


So garage will obey our fearless leader! Proof, of course, will come when his posts disappear from the Althouse comments.

Sorry about that - I didn't want to appear to be cynical.

madAsHell বলেছেন...

You can't truly understand the repression of black womyn until you buy one of these chairs.

It's racist to think any other way.

Sorun বলেছেন...

If you're neither white nor black, which chair is acceptable to own?

Seeing Red বলেছেন...

What about the S&M crowd?

নামহীন বলেছেন...

Uh, wasn't the Milk Bar decorated with chairs like that? Except, white.

"'The erotic impulse transcends cerebral barriers and demands a direct emotional response. Confronted with an abstract statement people readily defer to an expert; but confronted with an erotic statement everyone is an expert. It seems to me a democratic idea that art should be accessible to everyone on some level, and eroticism in[sic?] one such level’."

Plagiarism! Or perhaps an attempt to make art more democratic aka "inclusive"? Eh, no, it's 2014, so even arty farty bullshit has gotta be all about the racism.

Eyelids getting so very heavy....

paul a'barge বলেছেন...

Garage Magazine? Never heard of it.

I just subscribed though. Anything to help drive the outrage-addicts over the edge. Remind me again why we let these folks breed.

AustinRoth বলেছেন...

Ooohhh! Look at us! We are scandalous.

Patrick বলেছেন...

As much aI like to see members of the left host on their own petard, it bears repeating: Not every depiction of racism our even racial subservience is a favorable comment on racism.

William বলেছেন...

Thanks Angelyne for a timely posting. I think if they were really going for the outrage they should have used a blonde woman holding a Ukranian flag......Back in Cold War days, progressives thought that Soviet Communists didn't harbor any racial prejudices, but that was largely because the Soviet Union didn't harbor any blacks. Other minorities didn't fare so well, but they were white and probably deserved it.

KCFleming বলেছেন...

¿Quién es más víctima?

La mujer o el negro?



Wince বলেছেন...

...the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, which shows the editrix perched atop a chair designed to look like a half-naked black woman.

"Well, or...or is the black woman on the editrix? Is what Kierkegaard would say."

jr565 বলেছেন...

Was the anger over the imagery because it was a woman or a black woman?

Big Mike বলেছেন...

I thought we were supposed to respect cultures different from our own. Russians do what Russians do. It is not correct to criticize people for doing what is absolutely normal in their cultural context.

Something like that.

Freeman Hunt বলেছেন...

I assume the point of the chair art is to make visible the oppression that is invisible.

n.n বলেছেন...

We need to stop talking about "race". It's exploitation for profit has delayed integration of people from different tribes.

lemondog বলেছেন...

Wimpy white woman supported by strong black woman?

Humperdink বলেছেন...

If it's gas operated, I am not interested - no matter the color.

নামহীন বলেছেন...

Political art. Making for bad politics and bad art.

Sam L. বলেছেন...

Q: Is there one in Asian? Indian?

The Stupid is strong in this one.

Illuninati বলেছেন...

What difference does it make? At least in this case, no one died or was hurt.

dbp বলেছেন...

I don't think one can understand the travails of a black woman until one has sat a while in her seat. Especially if she is the seat.

dbp বলেছেন...

From an art standpoint, I think the cushion really detracts from the aesthetic balance of the piece.

Tim বলেছেন...

Although it is hard to believe, there IS one more thing to not give a shit about.

Tim বলেছেন...

Although it is hard to believe, there IS one more thing to not give a shit about.

Tyrone Slothrop বলেছেন...

Wear it as a hat. Then eveything's хорошо.

Fen বলেছেন...

"Cue the faux outrage."

Displaced outrage. Certain viewers find it offensive because they're in denial - they already view blacks as subhuman, which is why they are always compensating with "white guilt". So their reaction to the piece says more about their own (hidden) bigotry than that of the designer.

I saw the comments over there claiming "no, its portrayal of human as object is what offends us". I don't believe that. I think that if the initial story had used a white woman as a chair, these same people would have been all "oooh edgy! subversive!"

Michael K বলেছেন...

It's hilarious on a number of counts. These people are idiots.

chickelit বলেছেন...

Freeman Hunt said...
I assume the point of the chair art is to make visible the oppression that is invisible.

The chair also cushions potential confusion with surrealistic frottage.

Fen বলেছেন...

"I assume the point of the chair art is to make visible the oppression that is invisible."

See? Freeman gets it. Because she's not predisposed to get hung up on race (or gender).

Fen বলেছেন...

Whereas liberals aren't sure what to be outraged about until they get their talking points.

David বলেছেন...

Be-Zar!

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

@freeman

The point of the original art isn't the same as the effect of a specific editor sitting on it.

I Have Misplaced My Pants বলেছেন...

The editor is stunningly beautiful, especially juxtaposed with an object so uncomfortable to view.

Freeman Hunt বলেছেন...

@althouse

Maybe the editor was owning up to her white privilege.

The chair art only works with someone in it. A specific person sitting in it is declaring that he sees that he is, indeed, guilty.

YoungHegelian বলেছেন...

The chair pictured in the Buro 24/7 website interview is an artwork created by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard

Now that I took the time to actually watch the video, there's a side to this that all the ladies in fashion are missing. Look at the photo of the black chick --- bare, large, compressed breasts, hair frizzed out big on the floor, leather short shorts with a strap around her.

Hello?! A guy put this "chair" together! This isn't about race. It's bondage & discipline.

Marty Keller বলেছেন...

Wouldn't it have worked better with Maria Conchita Alonzo as the model?

Fen বলেছেন...

That follows. If we make a black man the villian of a movie, the Left freaks. So I guess black women are not allowed to be submissives either. Maybe it reminds Democrats of their KKK days?

Smilin' Jack বলেছেন...

"Although the chair also comes in 'white woman,' we can't help but be filled with anger and frustration over the onslaught of negative imagery...."

I share the anger and frustration. This is outrageously racist. How can they exclude yellow women, when everyone knows they make the most comfortable and submissive chairs?

tim maguire বলেছেন...

While I don't see how anyone could deny that the optics are awful, it is amusing to see a Russian sitting on a chair designed by a Norweigen being criticized for offending American sensibilities.

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

@freeman That's why I said "effect" and not "intent."

To pose as a recognizable individual as a way to say, perhaps, "all white people enjoy white privilege that they are frequently not conscious of" tends not to work. An unnamed and unknown model might work better.

Reminds me of Jimmy Carter making the perfectly ordinary "we're all sinners" observation by saying I have looked at women with lust in my heart.

Laura বলেছেন...

I refuse, refuse to buy one until they are available in peach and pink woman. White women come in shades too.

Actually, after holding that position for a while, perhaps it should be available in purple or blue woman.

Laura বলেছেন...

And as far as oppression goes, indentured servitude and slavery had a curious coexistence.

jr565 বলেছেন...
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jr565 বলেছেন...

Althouse wrote:
"The point of the original art isn't the same as the effect of a specific editor sitting on it."

why not? And the effect, for who?
It seems to be a completely subjective thing, both for the person sitting on the chair and the people witnessing the person sitting on the chair. And the people commenting on the people commenting on the person sitting on the chair.

Larry J বলেছেন...

The photo is a good illustration of how white women benefit most from affirmative action programs.