Northeast Gardening: Poor Taste?, 1 by

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OK we are talking ceramic and cast iron as art work items. I saw an item go for quite a bit of cash in an auction; it was a bronze of a black man playing cricket(sp?). It is only racism if it is spoken of in that term or defiled by the ignorant. As for features(exagerrated), you have to wonder when the items were manufactured too- and what the attitudes were during that time; whether it was before or after the beginnings of acceptance of black people in films for an example. This begins a point from where a Black "Aunt Jemima" type of art would be acceptable because it has made its way across america in a mass media way becoming accepted as part of AMERICANA which is what I think the statuary or iron works discussed above are. I think that hatred and disrespect are in the eye, and mind, of the beholder as well as Love of Art ...I shudder at thoughts of people hating art but know it happens....and sadly, my Gnome remains in my back yard for his safety! Art is often a result OF politics, too, Karen. I think the mediator will see an intelligent discussion here and not fret...
Cheers
:Darren