Painters getting the treatment too.

Cops asking anyone if he is a terrorist ? seriously ? What they think the answer will be ?
It's not only a difficult time, but a strange time as well...:D
rob
 
I guess he's a good guy for sure, but cops receive calls and they have to "be present"... And apart, there are crazy people all around: some calling, some planning fires, some being cops... But go ask them: "No, calling is normal", "Fires are OK", "I like being cop and asking around if someone is planning to be a criminal these next days"... :)

Cheers,

Juan
 
And who's to say when painters entered the cubism phase they weren't going to go out and try and hammer everything square.

I still think the police interest in him was dumb!
 
I can see why someone might interpret that as a threat. If he painted the bank without the flames then I would agree this is all so ridiculous.
 
Not as bad as

Not as bad as

I'm chuckling because I remember an artist/photographer whose work was a jar of urine with a crucifix in it :eek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ

That one raised a lot more attention then this and some of the funding was our tax money at work:rolleyes:

So as far as burning bank oil paintings go Police involvement is?
 
Paranoia is getting out of hand... the regular police seem to be relatively reasonable in my experience. It's the rent-a-cops and security guards who know nothing and try to throw their authority around like fools. However, it does seem like if you are paitning this in public, you should expect some sort of worry from the public.
 
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Regarding artistic license, I periodically have these "discussions" with relatives about so-called "freedom of speech," especially as regards artistic expression, and have to remind the kind folks that the categories of speech that are especially deserving of protection in public are the ones that are specifically unpopular or otherwise controversial - why would not-controversial activity require protection, anyway?

This applies specifically to artistic expression, as artists are often the first ones to take the pulse of a culture. Painting images inspired by police or government activity, just like photographing them, should be included under this protected category of activity.

Regarding the responsibility of law enforcement personnel to uphold the laws and principles of the land, the owner of a salvage yard was once asked why he had such a mean rottweiler tied up in the yard behind the shop. He replied that the creature was not there to intimidate the shop's clients or guests, but rather was there to protect the shop after-hours from theft or vandalism.

I think the analogy fits here, in that we've permitted the rottweilers of our culture to run the whole show, and now they're driving off our good clients through fear and intimidation.

Guard dogs are good for only one thing, protecting the populace. But you don't want them running the whole show, c.f. Orwell's "Animal Farm."

Or, as a Dallas, Texas police officer was once overheard saying "A Police State isn't so bad - if you're the police."

~Joe
 
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