The earliest known examples of art created on a flat surface date from 30 000 BP or later, from the Later Stone Age of Namibia, the Late Palaeolithic of Egypt and the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe..
Some artists sabotage their own work out of insecurity, neurosis, or to start over.
In 1970, John Baldessari and five other artists burned all the paintings Baldessari had created between 1953 and 1966 in a bonfire..
One might imagine that art vandals must be suffering from some form of mental instability, but in many cases works are targeted for a reason, often political, and the aesthetic aggressors aim to get their cause in the headlines by trashing a cultural treasure..
However, most famous acts of art vandalism stem from personal grievances or mental instability.
Rembrandt van Rijn's The Night Watch, 1642, was attacked on three different occasions in the 20th century, each time by mentally ill individuals..
There have been many recent and historical examples of pieces of art being destroyed by people – whether deliberately or by accident. A relatively recent exhibition, Art under Attackat the Tate Britain in London, drew attention to the theme of sacred and secular image destruction in the UK over a 500 year period. It included artefacts like a 16th c.
But destruction as part of a process is not just the preserve of artists. At the University of Bradford we are working on a collaborative project between archaeologists and artists which has been underway since 2014. The project is simultaneously an art piece – conceived by myself – as well as a vehicle for scientific discovery. The art piece takes.
Via samdurant.net There have been many recent and historical examples of pieces of art being destroyed by people – whether deliberately or by accident. A relatively recent exhibition
Art under Attack at the Tate Britain in London
Drew attention to the theme of sacred and secular image destruction in the UK over a 500 year period.
It seems strange for the Tate to flirt with celebrating art vandalism when in reality
If you scribble your name on any of the art here
You can be absolutely sure it will prosecute. Unless your name is Jake and Dinos Chapman and you can afford to buy the art you plan to insult. Then
It's Art.
Art under Attack is the first exhibition exploring the history of physical attacks on art in Britain from the 16th century to the present day.
A relatively recent exhibition
Art under Attack at the Tate Britain in London
Drew attention to the theme of sacred and secular image destruction in the UK over a 500 year period. It included artefacts like a 16th century statue of a dead Christ which had been brutally attacked by religious reformers.
2015 Japanese film
Attack on Titanfont-weight:normal> is a 2015 Japanese post-apocalyptic action film based on the manga of the same name created by Hajime Isayama.The film is directed by Shinji Higuchi
Written by Yūsuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama and stars Haruma Miura
Pierre Taki and Jun Kunimura.
Short story by Isabel Fall
I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter is a military science fiction short story by Isabel Fall
Published on 1 January 2020 in Clarkesworld Magazine.The story relates the experience of Barb
A woman whose gender has been reassigned to attack helicopter so as to make her a better pilot.It was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award
Under the title Helicopter Story.
Trading card series
Mars Attacks is a science fiction-themed trading card series released in 1962 by Topps.The cards feature artwork by science fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders.The cards form a story arc
Which tells of the invasion of Earth by cruel
Hideous Martians under the command of a corrupt Martian government who conceal the fact from the Martian populace that Mars is doomed to explode and
ThereforeProposes colonization of Earth to turn it into their new homeworld.The cards depict futuristic battle scenes and bizarre methods of Martian attack
Torture and slaughter of humans
As well as various Earth nations being attacked.The story concludes with an expeditionary force of humans volunteering to embark on a counterattack on Mars
In which the Earth force attacks the Martians in their manner.This necessitates the Martians that are still on Mars to defend their homeworld.The Earth attack forces
After destroying the Martian cities and killing the Martians
Depart just before Mars is destroyed in the predicted cataclysm
Thus ensuring the peace and safety of Earth as the Martian race is seemingly doomed to extinction.
Engraving by Otto Dix
Stormtroopers Advance Under a Gas Attack is an engraving in aquatint by Otto Dix representing German soldiers in combat during the First World War.It is the twelfth in the series of fifty engravings entitled The War
Published in 1924.Copies are kept at the German Historical Museum in Berlin
At the Museum of Modern Art in New York
And at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Among other public collections.
Single by SiM
Under the Tree is a single created by the Japanese band SiM.The song was released by Pony Canyon on March 4
2023And was used as the ending theme for the anime Attack on Titan:
The Final Season Part 3.
