INTERESTING........

I came across Kanye West's twitter avatar. It is quite interesting. Kind of a play off of him 'losing his head'. Currently, in my Baroque Art History class, we are studying an artist by the name of Carravagio (who is now my second favorite artist). He is an Italian Baroque artist. During the Baroque era, artist practiced  Chiaroscuro, which is the observation of a psychological reality using intense light and dark contrast.

After commiting murder, Carravaggio was on the run. It is said that he painted David with the Head of Goliath (below) as a plea for forgiveness. It is a depiction of good triumphs evil and Carravaggio incorporated his own head into this piece. Carravaggio seen his self as the best artist of his time and harshly criticized other artist involved with the Baroque Era. His ego was BIG just as Kanye West. When you're the best at what you do, I don't blame you. Kanye didnt commit murder and neither is he "asking for forgiveness" but the bitter-sweet irony of his work is very similar to that of Carravagio.

Below is artwork involved with both artist, Kanye and Carravaggio. It's funny how all art has the same concept; self-expression.

I find this the most interesting: This is Kanye West's album cover "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", which was recently banned in the USA. I love it!!! So many different thoughts evolve from this. Maybe its Kanye himself being 'fucked' by white America........... ?