The Dark Arts

[Raggamuffin]

Ed

 

[Raggamuffin]

Ed

 

[Raggamuffin]

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[Raggamuffin]

Ed

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Dark art is best art.
Worst art is musicals.

Discuss.

Ed

Ya mean like the musical filled with butterflies and light, like Sweeney Todd?

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

A long history of dark subjects in art. Here is one by Goya that I saw in the Prado. Saturn devouring his son.

 

[Raggamuffin]

Ya mean like the musical filled with butterflies and light, like Sweeney Todd?

All of them. People breaking into singing and dancing. It makes my blood boil.

Mind you, the same goes for singing in unison and harmonies. I find it deeply troubling.

Ed

 

[Forest Cat]

 

[Judge]

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

All of them. People breaking into singing and dancing. It makes my blood boil.

Mind you, the same goes for singing in unison and harmonies. I find it deeply troubling.

Ed

Realize that dark topics are not shied away from in many American musicals. Here in my mind is a powerful juxtaposition. I tend to listen to the ideas.

 

[Rodafina]

Realize that dark topics are not shied away from in many American musicals.

I think that would make them doubly dark for @Raggamuffin !

 

[Raggamuffin]

To me, the subject matter is irrelevant when the medium used is probably carcinogenic to me considering how angry it makes me feel.

Glee? More like despair.

But on the opposite end of the scale regarding subject matter - metal, rap, grime, trap etc. The lyrics and content are an utter shambles. Yet I appreciate the medium and genres.

Ed

 

[Judge]

Dave Archer Art. My once girlfriend and I would occasionally wander into his studio in San Francisco back in the mid-eighties. Fantastic work using unique mediums involving electrocuting acrylic and resin paints onto glass surfaces.

https://marcusashley.com/artists/dave-archer/

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

To me, the subject matter is irrelevant when the medium used is probably carcinogenic to me considering how angry it makes me feel.

Glee? More like despair.

But on the opposite end of the scale regarding subject matter - metal, rap, grime, trap etc. The lyrics and content are an utter shambles. Yet I appreciate the medium and genres.

Ed

I cannot divorce the message from the content.
Thinking about a Green Day song.

 

[Raggamuffin]

Green Day sound better on Mute.

Ed

 

[Rodafina]

But on the opposite end of the scale regarding subject matter - metal, rap, grime, trap etc. The lyrics and content are an utter shambles. Yet I appreciate the medium and genres.

Ed

So we need more metal, rap, grime, and trap about monsters and dark things.

 

[Rodafina]

I cannot divorce the message from the content.

I cannot divorce my day from happiness and listen to Green Day.

(You do you, though, GW!)

 

[Crabcore]

I love a themed challenge!

 

[mysterionz]

I should branch out a bit and use darker undertones in my work now, sometimes. It feels so unlike me, lol

 

[Rodafina]

I should branch out a bit and use darker undertones in my work now, sometimes. It feels so unlike me, lol

Maybe you will love it. I’ve seen some Gothic looking characters from you.