(sm)art : divinity and madness

Living Museum Exhibit

I am just walking out of the living museum’s show in Wisconsin : divinity and madness.
I was witnessing what was ‘home’art to my eyes. Something I had been conditioned to and art styles and pieces that had informed me; that I love and cherish; that my family at project onward makes. This was like reliving the styles, the patterns that I could pick out and enjoy.
What was extremely similar was awfully different too. The people that made them were different and had different issues- I am talking mental health issues. Their program operated very similarly and they believe in similar cynical ideas that I had been accostomed to.
The subject matter of this show was restricted to religious art though which clouded a lot of my judgement modules. To prophesize religion as a selective entity is one thing but here it seemed like religion encompassed a large part of the practice. Not only in the depictions in the show but also the arguements made by a person seemed to counter productive of the society. I am coming from a place where there is a choice to believe or not to believe. But to say ALL of them turn to God seemed superficial and mandatory.
Two words I am wondering about.
Why make art about that?

Something I can never know.
Because
We are all biased..

Nevertheless it was a great show of talent and thought which I would like to see in a non religious situation.

~ by Sangi on November 7, 2009.