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Art for the Sake of Conversation or Controversy?

Posted on 26 April 2008 by Lisa Pawlowski

The American Flag as Art making a statementIn its broadest sense, conventional wisdom considers art as taking an idea out of the air and creating something that didn’t exist before.

Susan Crane, an art student at the University of Maine in Farmington put American flags on the floor of a museum as a way to “make a statement.” She said she did it to “spark conversation and thought about how we really feel about our flag.”  She went on to say that about 95-98% of the people who came to see her exhibit didn’t walk on the flags.

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