censorship

June 29, 2011 by susanmoirmackay

Last week I had a small gathering chez nous to show my Freeport friends the pieces ”Psyche Pollution’,  ’21 Religious Thoughts…..’ and ‘Disparity Reality – Woman’ .   The point of the evening was to incite conversation about some of the issues raised in the work.  For example carbon footprint, what does it mean to be a woman, and our inner psychological reality affecting our outer environment. Upon setting up the work “Psyche Pollution” in our dinning room cove, (this work was a response […]

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orphan child

June 15, 2011 by susanmoirmackay

Omar has asked me why I have invited a small group of people  over to see “Psyche Pollution”  and “21 religious thoughts”. He is querying my intent. i have always been painfully shy sharing my work.  I would prefer to do my work then put it away.  I would marvel at friends who could hang their work on their walls.   I have deliberately pushed myself to not be shy anymore.  But I have this uneasy feeling that every time […]

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pornography/ making love

June 9, 2011 by susanmoirmackay

Cardinal Sin 3—Lust (Sex / Making Love / Pornography) “Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it.”—D.H. Lawrence. Body image continues as a theme, in the realm of sex, sexuality and pornography. An act that is imbued with love has become a place of degradation—misogyny and self-hatred. In Tantric tradition sex is seen as a holy act between two people irrespective of body shape or age. Images of humans and the gods show the divine nature […]

Categories: Art, Conceptual Art, contemporary art, human nature, life, mastrubation, musings, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, nudes, society, spirituality • Tags: art, Bahamas, clitoris, conceptual art, enlightenment, fantasies, mastrubation, oedipus, orgasm, pornography, sex, sexuality, spirituality