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This group is for art and writing related to current political and social events.

Featured Work

Homophobia Is So Gay II by incurablehippie

This t-shirt subverts the current usage of the word ‘gay’ to mean something bad, by using it to challenge homophobia against lesbian, gay and bisexual people. It started life as a DYMO label, which I scanned and adapted to make the t-shirt. I turned it into a vector image, then created the t-shirt template design from that. It is based on the t-shirt design below, but with bigger text, and the dymo label is purple rather than blue. ! http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:white/cropped/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/2949589-1-homophobia-is-so-gay-t-shirt.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/people/incurablehippie/t-shirts/2949589-1-homophobia-is-so-gay-t-shirt
Save A Tree by tastypaper

I came up with this idea when a friend of mine sent me a copy of her book, and I didn’t want to use a sh*tload of paper to print it out. 5pt. type!
An Unpopular Fact by tastypaper

Terrorists move money through diamonds, this is a, albeit unpopular, fact.
Everyone's A Little Brother by tastypaper

So smile, you’re on privacy vision.
Farrah Fawcett - Charlie's Angel by Adam de la Mare

Tribute T-Shirt to Farrah Fawcett… RIP (1947 – 2009) Definately my favorite of the Charlie’s Angels… with hair that changed the world! Enjoy. .
Lottery Loser by Adam de la Mare

Like millions of others in Australia… I did not win a share of last nights record 106 Million Dollar lottery prize. Well the odds were 45,000,000 / 1 So I thought I might as well celebrate the fact.. and there are millions of others out there who may like to join me! Enjoy. .
New American Landscape by F.A. Moore

New American Landscape Gargoyles ugly, dark, and looming; / Overlook the erstwhile blooming landscape, / desolate now, but fresh in memory. Giants in the garden Eden. Gothic, no, Americana, barely eaten; / Taken by surprise and sorely beaten shed / no tear, for fear of giants. Giants in the garden Eden. Whilst whole countries stand by watching; / Giants o’er their landscape trodding, claiming / grain and livestock pools from nature. Giants shade the garden Eden. A single voice wails mad with fury; / Counts backwards, bent, and bleary-eyed; / And yells, “You don’t own nature”! Giants left the garden Eden. / - F.A. Moore Digital Fine Art: oil painting style, by F.A. Moore, June 30, 2009 Special thanks to stock providers who provided images that helped inspire and enable this creation: ITOL-stock, TudorxRose, CAStock, FantasyStock, foxstox and for reference: Katanaz-stock and SweetTradeStock. Corporations are decimating the fabric of natural resources by patenting the genes of attributes already present in nature, in the wild. Please see companion Journal entry and 100% detail images below FEATURES 2009-07-04 New American Landscape in Digital Artists United 2009-07-04 New American Landscape in Core [C.O.R.E] 2009-07-04 New American Landscape in Politics, Race, Sexuality and Culture 2009-07-04 New American Landscape in Current Issues 2009-07-03 New American Landscape in Digital Art Compilations 2009-07-02 New American Landscape in Freedom in Words and ART See also companion in series, Rural Landscape DETAIL / Farmer detail / Farmer’s wife detail / Landscape detail / Gargoyle arm detail
RIP MICHAEL J JACKSON 1958-2009 by loyaltyphoto

here in the last picture that i got at the star / of Michael jackson in the heart of hollywood cal / 06/27/09 / canon eos 30D 28-105mm / FEATURE IN CURRENT ISSUES / 07/03/09
We are the Witnesses by Becc Orszag

charcoal on fabriano artistico paper My mum is Front Row 4th from left :) (c) REO 2009
home of the brave by Marie Monroe

Current Issues Light In The Darkness, Elite Controversial Artists
HARD HEARTS by helene ruiz

All invited to join us at our opening event! Live music by Booker T Williams, Silvano Ferrin, Tara Thierry, Gerry Eastman’s houseband / Poetry/Spoken Word by Mia Hernandez, Gloria, Tara Thierry and Valerie Kirk / Visual works by: Helen Bascom, Helene Ruiz, Mariam Muradian, Mia Hernandez, Wahala Temi, Valerie Kirk, Gloria Holwerda-Williams / THE WILLIAMSBURG MUSIC CTR / 367 BEDFORD AVE / Brooklyn NY 11211 / 718-384-1654 / free and open to public / refreshments, wine, cash bar

Recent Work

Writing

The Last Name…The last name / In the Annals

Annals Of The Four Masters Now blocked link I was getting this site until recently. ( why I have posted in Art Action Union ) Sometimes some people just can not escape their name
Mardi Gras....ressurrected by helene ruiz

recycled mardi gras beads, fabric, wood, canvas stretchers, 3D collage work entirely made from recycled trash
Writing

1 Month 13 Features…I haven’t been checking features and have just noticed 13 featured works of mine in the last month….... Humbling and flattering. Tha…

I haven’t been checking features and have just noticed 13 featured works of mine in the last month….... Humbling and flattering. Thank you all Still no sales, but then why did I join the Anti-Consumerism Group ….
Writing

Features!…!http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:fafafa/bodycolor:pink/size:large/style:longsleeve/view:preview/3326729-1-skul…

was featured in the Fabulous Ts group was featured in The L Word group and the Current Issues group was also featured in the Fabulous Ts group and in the anticonsumerism group , the Art action union group and the Peace Love & Happiness Hippies group and the Earth Keepers: Environmental Awareness group was featured in the Art action union group and the Left Wing Values and Positive Global Awareness group My Dalai Lama quote on a rainbow background artwork was featured in the Buddha group / was featured in Fabulous Ts / was featured in Left Wing Values and Positive Global Awareness Also my Look at me: The girl in the graffiti artwork and my Alternative Valentine’s card was featured in the This Is England group
Writing

HOW MY ART EVOLVES WITH ME…I AM ALWAYS ASTOUNDED HOW MY ART EVOLVES WITH ME…

ART IS ANOTHER TYPE OF MIRROR…IN SOME WAYS A MIRROR INTO THE SOUL OF ITS CREATOR…
BLACK AND BLUE / PIT STOP BETTY by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING INVERSION / Writing and Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo / Original Work Titled: TRAILER COURT BETTY I can’t deal with this right now, I just wanna have a ciggy…did you buy any beer? / Betty is part of a set, she is Fred’s wife. DOG YEARS AND EARS TRAILER COURT BETTY belongs to the following groups: / All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Boredom Competitions on the 24/7, Bubblettes, Everyday Life, Fine Arts, In the Pink, Safe Haven, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Something To Say, The Healing Journey and Underground USA
TRAPPED IN STICKY BUSHES OF POLITICAL HELL by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING ON PART OF AN OLD CRATE (INVERSION OF ORIGINAL WORK) / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Original Work Titled: LADY STUCK IN WOOD I was really ill and upset one day, so I painted her quickly on part of an old crate. A friend of mine liked her, so I gave the painting to her. I actually think she turned out kind of neat too, for something that I painted rather rapidly and a little sloppily. At least I feel I did a good job conveying my emotions… Being stuck in wood, refers to the fact that they, my oppressors refer to my body as wood; which can be cut, chopped, burned, screwed, glued, manipulated, sawed, molded, chewed on, finely finished, and etc… In other words, they use physical pain and torture as a means to punish me in life and control my life, and my life’s events, or at least they try to. I have been like this for thirteen years, so I guess they are not very sucessful, at least at finishing what they have started…and I did this in just a few hours. Ha! SET ME FREE
WHISPERING DEATH by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING INVERSION / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Contact info: janeaparis.artist@hotmail.com / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo / Original Work Titled: PRETTY AS A CEMETERY BELL SWAN Featured: BITS & PIECES Group – Home Page – 02 AUGUST 2008 -THANK YOU!
KNIGHT GAMES by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING INVERSION / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo / Original Work Titled: THE KNIGHT The original title was: / THE KNIGHT – CONFINED TO MOVE IN THE SHAPE OF AN ‘ELLE’ I had to shorten the title for the print to: THE KNIGHT, THIS IS AN INVERSION OF ORIGINAL WORK Many of my paintings are about the psychological torture I have had to endure for years because of politics. The political cage I am kept in by the police and others is often referred to and is like a game of chess, and if I was in one of the pieces on the board, I would probably think of myself as the ‘Knight’. This is because this piece is confined to a very unique and difficult shape of movement, and strategy with this piece can be very difficult. Being confined to movement in the shape of an ‘Elle’ is also a play on words, because my tormentors use sexual inuendo and abuse all the time to try to make me feel confined to cages within my sexuality and sexual relationships. In other words, I am not allowed to progress on my own, or at least I am made to feel this way. Unless I am in a sexual relationship with a man, I have no power of my own. Much of the psychological torment they use involves mirrors, and my potential mate would be a reflection of my state (prison), a person who is being kept bound and is being forced to play a game too, whether they want to or not, that is part of the reality that anyone would have to face who was in a relationship with me. The colors have representational meaning too, the blacks and whites represent that everything is seen very harshly in order to control me, my personal information is used as a tool to control and manipulate me, and the only grays are around the smoking areas, or cigarettes, (they use smoking and cigarettes to signify sexuality), that is where sexuality comes into play, then my oppressors become softer, if I fall back into the sexual cage they prefer and master to keep me in. This is why the Knight is between two smoking cigarettes. The ashtrays also represent the leftovers of my sexual relationships, because my oppressors try make me feel that is all I am allowed to have, sexual relationships, and if I am not in a sexual relationship then all I have is ashes (nothing). Being trapped between the smoking ashtrays represents the fact that this piece is trapped in a game and being kept relatively powerless, although the Knight can have power sometimes in some instances, but again it is usually in a sexual mode (the night). There are also grays in the hair (which is used to signify sexuality too), and the eye (which is forced to view the world as safer through a sexual relationship). The red represents the physical violation of my body, and the physical pain and torment I have been put through and made to endure endlessly. The gold borders represent monetary torture as well. With a man I have money, however since I am being kept powerless on my own, because they won’t let me have any power, the reality then is that I have no money either. There are many other psychological implications in this painting however this is enough to expand on now, I am tired. / KEEPERS
PRETTY AS A CEMETERY BELL by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Contact info: janeaparis.artist@hotmail.com / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo SWAN Featured: BITS & PIECES Group – Home Page – 02 AUGUST 2008 -THANK YOU!
THE KNIGHT by JaneAParis

OIL PAINTING / Image Copyright © 2008 JANE À PARIS / Professionally photographed by Citizens Photo The original title was: / THE KNIGHT – CONFINED TO MOVE IN THE SHAPE OF AN ‘ELLE’ I had to shorten the title for the print to: THE KNIGHT Many of my paintings are about the psychological torture I have had to endure for years because of politics. The political cage I am kept in by the police and others is often referred to and is like a game of chess, and if I was in one of the pieces on the board, I would probably think of myself as the ‘Knight’. This is because this piece is confined to a very unique and difficult shape of movement, and strategy with this piece can be very difficult. Being confined to movement in the shape of an ‘Elle’ is also a play on words, because my tormentors use sexual inuendo and abuse all the time to try to make me feel confined to cages within my sexuality and sexual relationships. In other words, I am not allowed to progress on my own, or at least I am made to feel this way. Unless I am in a sexual relationship with a man, I have no power of my own. Much of the psychological torment they use involves mirrors, and my potential mate would be a reflection of my state (prison), a person who is being kept bound and is being forced to play a game too, whether they want to or not, that is part of the reality that anyone would have to face who was in a relationship with me. The colors have representational meaning too, the blacks and whites represent that everything is seen very harshly in order to control me, my personal information is used as a tool to control and manipulate me, and the only grays are around the smoking areas, or cigarettes, (they use smoking and cigarettes to signify sexuality), that is where sexuality comes into play, then my oppressors become softer, if I fall back into the sexual cage they prefer and master to keep me in. This is why the Knight is between two smoking cigarettes. The ashtrays also represent the leftovers of my sexual relationships, because my oppressors try make me feel that is all I am allowed to have, sexual relationships, and if I am not in a sexual relationship then all I have is ashes (nothing). Being trapped between the smoking ashtrays represents the fact that this piece is trapped in a game and being kept relatively powerless, although the Knight can have power sometimes in some instances, but again it is usually in a sexual mode (the night). There are also grays in the hair (which is used to signify sexuality too), and the eye (which is forced to view the world as safer through a sexual relationship). The red represents the physical violation of my body, and the physical pain and torment I have been put through and made to endure endlessly. The gold borders represent monetary torture as well. With a man I have money, however since I am being kept powerless on my own, because they won’t let me have any power, the reality then is that I have no money either. There are many other psychological implications in this painting however this is enough to expand on now, I am tired. / KEEPERS

Featured Members

About This Group

The winner of our Sicko Challenge is mouseman with I only smoke one a day

Our Year in Review Challenge Winner is Matthew Scotland who won with his image The Crash

Congratulations Matthew Scotland

This group is for art and writing related to current political and social events. If your art or writing is sharp with a social and political edge then this group is for you.

All viewpoints are welcome and debate and discourse are expected. Shouting and abuse will not be tolerated.

If you do not want a discussion about your work or the views expressed in your work, do not submit it to Current Issues. The world is a diverse place, with many different viewpoints. You must expect that not everyone will agree with you.

PLEASE READ THE GROUP RULES PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR WORK

1 A description of your work should be posted, state your meaning, and how you feel on the issues surrounding it.

2 Well finished art and writing are welcome. Half-formed or incoherent art or political rants will be removed. If it doesn’t look good or read well then it won’t last.

3 Only your own original art is welcome. Do not post political pamphlets, campaign literature, or photographs taken directly from Internet sites that are not incorporated as part of a new work.

4 All works need to abide by RedBubble’s content guidelines which means you must be careful with images that have violent content. Anything that condones or promotes violence is not acceptable.

5 Comments on works are to be expected but they need to be confined to the topic at hand (ie not personal in nature), should be polite and should aim to advance the dialog.

6 We support freedom of expression but we will not allow works that promote hate or have malicious use of stereotypes intended to attack or demean a particular gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or nationality. We believe political and social commentary can be made without recourse to such material. So, for example, if you want to make a point about a political system or ideology don’t make it in a way which is racist or demeaning of an entire nation. This includes no burning of any flag, from any Country.

7 Deletion or removal of comments is contrary to the concept of free expression and lively debate. If a comment does not violate the Group rules and is not a violation of the RedBubble User Agreement or the Please Play Nice Policy it should not be deleted. You should expect people to disagree with your views.