Do you like art that makes you uncomfortable?

 

Posted on June 17 2012, with 385 Notes

1. furia6666777788889999 answered: Yes, definitely. Particularly if it is with good purpose.
2. oneofgodsprototypes answered: ABSOLUTELY. if it doesnt break the comfort zone it is nothing worth noticing. In Art You must walk the line of insanity and genius
3. darkcloudsbrightskies answered: Oh, yes. It’s a fundamental function of art, as far as I’m concerned; also comforting, consoling, startling, informing, displaying, et alia.
4. trvekvlts answered: yes. very much.
5. meteoritic answered: yes. just because it makes you uncomfortable doesn’t mean you should dislike it. any emotional response=art
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8. lukespencersanchez answered: yes
9. momacelli answered: Yes
10. 2-crowes answered: no
11. a-hallucination answered: always
12. distantwilderness answered: Yes, but I don’t like it in my house.
13. moonsauce answered: Yes, if it makes me uncomfortable in an aesthetic way or in a morally confusing way. But there is a line and it depends on how well it’s done
14. justement answered: sure
15. alesass answered: I don’t hate it…
16. mrstruggan-blog answered: This question is sitting in Mr. Struggan’s dashboard above a photo compilation of Nicholas Cage’s face photoshopped on cats. So, no.
17. dictamebloc answered: definitely! (especially when the main goal was not making me uncomfortable) although it does not have to make me feel that way, obviously.
18. poboh answered: never!
19. oxidizeandrearrange answered: Absolutely
20. nurify answered: sometimes
21. sedatory answered: yeah. but then the spook…
22. danainn answered: yes!
23. justchickenscratch answered: Rarely. Thought provoking…yes, disturbing…no.
24. bloodedlilyofthevalley answered: no
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27. 0bludagengs answered: if that piece of art makes me think, yes. why not.
28. lelandoification-blog answered: Art should provide me some sort of emotional response regardless of comfort. I prefer art that makes me go “ew. whats that all about?”
29. tinykitchenstories answered: Though I agree that art is supposed to challenge people, I dislike the notion that art must provoke. Subtlety speaks eloquently.
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31. thewisdomofsilenus answered: yes, of course
32. chambrayandcurls answered: I don’t know whether I’d say I like it, but I can appreciate it
33. ladydilettanti answered: yes
34. jamesbedell answered: yes! Art should make you think. Sometimes, that means getting uncomfortable.
35. pikse answered: I do! I especially enjoy body horror.
36. drunkenst3v3 answered: Yes, because it is a different expression that can bring about a new extreme change in thinking and that is like a mimi revolution.
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38. doctom666 answered: yes!! “GUERNICA” comes to mind!!
39. izzys-adoration answered: Yes, because of how thought provoking it is.
40. themoronsaface answered: hell yeah
41. mordanes answered: yes, that’s what it’s for. to make you think
42. rainbow-blight answered: yes, and i like creating art that makes others uncomfortable and anxious. boundaries: break ‘em down.
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