Is this art?

[beachguy in thongs]

These pictures were taken by photographer Jill Greenberg. She got the children to react this way by first giving them a lollipop and then suddenly taking it away. Her point is that kids would react this way if they knew how screwed up the world is.

http://www.fm99.com/recap.asp

beachguy in thongs Reviewed by beachguy in thongs on 08-03-2006. Is this art? http://www.fm99.com/recap.asp Rating: 5

[beachguy in thongs]

Too bad all they know is how screwed up the adult is that did this to them...

http://www.fm99.com/recap.asp

[graph]

Wow... that's pretty scary. This may be one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a while.

[beachguy in thongs]

It really is. I didn't know what to think. It's put a little differently at the site (the "Is this Art" is before the pictures, and then the quote), so I found it amusing, at first.

Then I looked back at the pictures and thought, "How true?!?!?! That adult is seriously messed up."

[azure]

yes it is

[onefourninezero]

That is art. Just like Damien Hirst's sheep in a tank is art...

[Nochowderforyou]

Why do none of them have shirts on? I think this is just weird. Making naked children cry for art? Surely there must have been some other way to express themselves, but making kids cry for art is just nasty. Give back their lolly!

[Lethal G]

It's art to some extent, if you look at the artist's intentions, but the nakedness of the children and morbid point of view goes a little bit overboard for me. It's art, just bad art.

[NightProwler]

its sadddd!

[notunpretentious]

im sure they gave the lollipops back after