Smashin' & Slashin' : The Art of Iconoclasm

October 8, 2017

Religious belief, political dissent, a desire to "warm up a cold painting"-- all of these are given motives for destroying artwork. Join the Babes as they discuss the various layers of iconoclasm spanning from the religious icons of Byzantium to the "Punched Monet" of 2012.

Sources
Gamboni, Dario. The destruction of art: iconoclasm and vandalism since the French Revolution. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.

Latour, Bruno. “What is Iconoclash?: Is there a world beyond the image wars?” In Iconoclash, Beyond the Image-Wars in Science, Religion and Art (edited by Peter Weibel and Bruno Latour), ZKM and MIT Press, pp. 14-37, 2002.

Links

http://www.artinsociety.com/from-the-rokeby-venus-to-fascism-pt-1-why-did-suffragettes-attack-artworks.html

http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/8290/man-goes-to-jail-for-punching-a-hole-in-£10-million-monet-painting

http://punchamonet.gallery

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/thug-who-punched-10-million-monet-painting-convicted-191151

https://santitafarella.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/contemporary-iconoclasm-jesus-statue-beheaded-in-boston/

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/iconoclasm-today/

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/iconoclasm

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/exhibit/PwLCVMHQ62gYLg

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/mar/09/saddam-hussein-statue-toppled-bagdhad-april-2003-video

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/flashback-the-destruction-of-the-buddhas-of-bamiyan-409457219869