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My artistic pabulum was made for the sake of demonstrating the lack of artistic expression amongst a movement of collage artists; the very people whose attention I initially intended on capturing.

Denver has been overpowered by a vulgar, anti-woman, porno-graphic and meaningless aesthetic in art. What had once been real has now been processed and pushed to a point of unveiling its true

reason for production, simply put: narcissism. The declination of this movement began with the growth of anti-

art and mixed media in-your-face visuals laced with nothing more than irony; yet these anti-artists now demand to be empowered

and spotlighted. The fecundity of this movement is over and it has crossed into simple obscenity. The phrase “We need to face our-

selves,” is no longer a means, for these artists of expression, it is instead about one’s self-effulgent pride. To keep pursuing this de-grading notion of expression is dangerous, we shall lead ourselves into a doomed mainstream of ironic and hollow a regard to expres-sion. You cannot grasp or reflect any sincere meaning and emotion

if you deny yourself the integrity found in honest creativity. The artwork is for their inwardly vain existence rather than outward

emotion. You have relied on symbolism to carry you but cannot define or

know why you partake in creating. How long before we finally dis-miss “artistic” actions that are void of any actual artistic content?My intentions are not to discredit any artist, but simply to demand a more thoughtful creative intent. We are a cumulating providence of prior generations and hypocrisy. We should be aware of what it is we sell to ourselves and future generations. This is our re-

sponsibility as artists. You are not weaving enigmatic languages or cleverly disguising the brutal reality of marketing, you are willingly and errantly adding to the vanity and vulgarity of our culture. Our voices should be those which provoke through worthy images and

expressive digestion, those which wrap themselves around works of personal and societal import. Let us bury this trite movement and

move towards honesty rather than vanity.

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