{"id":1274,"date":"2008-06-09T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexsuze.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2008-06-09T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:58:59","slug":"obscene-images-obscene-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"Obscene Images, Obscene Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ginza Tanaka Handbag\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/business\/7443742.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px; border: 0px;\" src=\"\/images\/ginzatanaka.jpg\" alt=\"Ginza Tanaka Handbag\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>There are many definitions of obscene, but in a world where much of the population is hovering on the edge of poverty and starvation <a title=\"Ginza Tanaka Handbag\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/business\/7443742.stm\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> ranks alongside Damiens Hurst&#8217;s &#8220;<a title=\"For The Love Of God\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/For_the_Love_of_God\" target=\"_blank\">For The Love Of God<\/a>&#8221; as an obscene creation.<\/p>\n<p>Neither piece serve a function as it would be impossible to use the bag without a security entourage and as for the skull \u2026 it could only be a prop in the blingiest Hamlet ever staged.<\/p>\n<p>In each the craftsmanship is indisputable, but the investment of cash that might have been better spent actually doing some good \u2026 I&#8217;m lost for words.<\/p>\n<p>Save perhaps to suggest that a better use of your money, if for example you want a piece of blingy art without the ridiculous price tag (well not quite as ridiculous) you should try <a title=\"Peter Fuss\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterfuss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Fuss<\/a>&#8216; For &#8220;<a title=\"For The Laugh Of God\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterfuss.com\/forthelaughofgod\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Laugh Of God<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Ginza+Tanaka\" target=\"_blank\">Ginza Tanaka<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Damien+Hurst\" target=\"_blank\">Damien Hurst<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/For+The+Love+Of+God\" target=\"_blank\">For The Love Of God<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Peter+Fuss\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Fuss<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/For+The+Laugh+Of+God\" target=\"_blank\">For The Laugh Of God<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many definitions of obscene, but in a world where much of the population is hovering on the edge of poverty and starvation this ranks alongside Damiens Hurst&#8217;s &#8220;For &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=1274\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}