“Entropa” – controversial art

Posted on | January 23, 2009 | No Comments

Czech Republic artist David Cerny has really stirred the pond with his EU-funded piece ‘Entropa’. Danish newspaper Information recently published an interesting article on the matter (in Danish, sorry), but also a gazzillion blogs have picked up the story. Here is one (in English).

My thoughts are: How can this upset people so much? Art is supposed to move barriers of our self-imagery and cause reflection – and Cerny does that so magnificantly. As a Dane, I do not feel provoked by his imaging of Denmark, because his critizism is spot on. Rather, it creates food for thought and improvement in an interesting way.

Check out this fine Flickr stream by Kevin Martel to see Entropa in detail.

Also, check out a few of Cerny’s own words on the case – as well as video of the piece:

There are loads of other interesting videos on the matter out there.

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